OUT Voting 101: 2016 General Election
BY BILL REDMOND-PALMER Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that election day is just on the horizon – speci cally on Tuesday, November 8th. Voting this year is more important than ever, and easier than ever. First and foremost, you must be registered in Maryland in order to vote. • Register with a community organization such as the GLCCB, who will be assisting voters with registration (2530 North Charles Street, third oor). For more info call 410-7778145. • Register online with at Maryland’s Online Voter Registration System (OLVR), at Voterservices.elections.maryland.gov/OnlineVoterRegistration/InstructionsStep1. If using the OLVR, you have until 9 p.m. on October 18th to submit your application. Register same-day at any early voting site. Just visit any early voting site, bring your Maryland State issued identi cation, or if you
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do not have one, other documentation to verify your identity and address, such as your paycheck, bank statement, utility bill, or other government document with your name and new address, and they will be able to register you. Please note that same-day registration will be available only during early voting, and you will not be able to register on November 8th. Register in person at any of the following government agencies, on or before October 18th: your local board of elections; the State Board of Elections; the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; the Department of Social Services; the Motor Vehicle Administration (MVA); Of ces on Aging; the MTA Paratransit Certi cation Of ce; all public institutions of higher education; recruitment of ces of the U.S. Armed Forces; marriage license of ces; and of ces for students with disabilities at all Maryland colleges and universities. The deadline to register is October 18th,
Philadelphia Gay News reached out to the Democratic and Republican candidates for president, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, to discuss LGBT issues in advance of next month’s election. Clinton provided PGN this exclusive op-ed detailing her LGBT-rights record and her goals for future LGBT-equality efforts. The offer remains open for Trump. This is the first time a major-party presidential candidate has written an op-ed for an LGBT newspaper.
Hilllary makes a pitch to the LGBT community
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2016, for the presidential general election. If you haven’t yet registered, you have several options: When you are ready to cast your vote, your best option, with the shortest waiting time, is to participate in early voting. Early voting begins on Thursday, October 27, and continues each day through Thursday, November 3, 2016, at six sites around Baltimore City, and at sites in each county throughout the state of Maryland. For both early voting and the general election day, polls are open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Baltimore early voting sites are as follows: • Westside Skills Center (4501 Edmondson Avenue). Enter the rear of the building via Athol Avenue. • The League for People with Disabilities (1111 East Coldspring Lane). • Maritime Industries Academy School
#431 (5001 Sinclair Lane). Use the rear entrance, accessed via Truesdale Avenue. • Public Safety Training Center (3500 West Northern Parkway). Enter on Manhattan Avenue. • Southeast Anchor Library (3601 Eastern Avenue). • University of Maryland at Baltimore, Community Engagement Center (1 North Poppleton Street). Be sure to note, that it is very important to vote at an Early Voting Site in the jurisdiction in which you live. If you live in Baltimore City, you will be able to vote for all of the candidates connected to your residence, at any early voting site located in the city. If, however you attempt to vote at a site in Baltimore County, you will only be allowed to —continued on page 3
Dem Presidential Candidate Addresses LGBT Equality BY HILLARY CLINTON More than half a century ago, at Independence Hall, participants at the first Annual Reminder march picketed, chanted and sang. They did this to show their fellow Philadelphians that the LGBT community lacked fundamental civil rights. In the decades since those protests, our country has come a long way. Marriage equality is the law of the land. This year, the last state law prohibiting same-sex couples from adopting was finally struck
down. And President Obama signed an executive order protecting federal workers from discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. We should celebrate that progress. But the simple truth is that even now, in 2016, there are still too many states in America where LGBT people can be fired or evicted from their home because of who they are or who they love. Pennsylvania is one of them. Here, you can get married on —continued on page 12