Electoral Work

The chapter participates in electoral activities in a number of ways:

Candidate support. The chapter has recruited hundreds of volunteers for candidates at all levels of government who share its philosophy and whom it has endorsed.

Peace Voter efforts. The chapter has organized Peace Voter campaigns which have involved the distribution of voter guides stressing the candidates' positions on issues of concern to the organization. In 2006, the chapter prepared and mailed a professionally-developed guide in the Democratic primary to all 9,200 voters in the Anne Arundel portion of the 3rd Congressional District who voted in the 2002 and 2004 primaries. The piece contained a short description of the stance on Iraq of all candidates seeking the Democratic nomination in the 3rd District and the two leading contenders for the Senate. In 2004, the chapter mailed a professionally-prepared guide to 10,000 targeted households in the country which compared the positions of the major party presidential candidates on key peace and social justice issues. In 2001, the chapter prepared and distributed more than 2,500 guides containing the stands of the general election candidates for mayor of Annapolis on local public policy issues related to social justice.

Register for Peace Campaigns. The chapter has sought to increase the number of progressive voters at the polls by holding voter registration efforts in strategically-chosen areas of the county. In the picture, Sandy Curry signs up a new voter.