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How To Vote In Maryland

MD State and DC AFL-CIO Voter Information Guide

Workers in Maryland NEED your voice. We are urging you to vote by mail. The health risks of COVID-19 and inconsistent plans by Elections Boards, creates a lot of uncertainty about which polling locations will be open on Election Day. Union members voices are important in all elections. Working people need to be loudest people in the room supporting a Presidential candidate that credits UNIONS for creating the middle class and building America.

Endorsed Candidates 2022

On May 18th, 2022, The Committee on Political Education (COPE) of the Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO endorsed the following candidates for the 2022 Primary Elections in Maryland and DC:

United States Senate
Chris Van Hollen

Endorsed Candidates 2020

The Maryland State and DC AFL-CIO Committee on Political Education (C.O.P.E.) met on March 9th, 2020 to act on recommendations for U.S. Congress. The C.O.P.E. committee voted to endorse the following candidates for U.S. Congress:

District 2 – Dutch Ruppersberger / Website: https://www.dutchforcongress.com/

Support Candidates Who Support Working Families

"Wall Street and the CEOs didn't build this country. The middle class did. And the middle class was built by unions."

—Vice President Joe Biden