Election 2024 - DC Down-ballot Races & Initiative 83

Speaker: Kathryn Collison Ray, DC League of Women Voters

Daily we hear about the Presidential election, but what about other significant races on the DC ballot this November? The League of Women Voters produces a nonpartisan, online, interactive, voter guide to all DC races, including ANCs. Come learn about the “down-ballot” races, and the pros and cons of Initiative 83. Find out what the candidates have to say for themselves when they respond to questions posed by League members. Learn about the proposal for open primaries and ranked choice voting.

Kathryn Collison Ray is the past president of the DC League of Women Voters. In 2012, she and her late husband, Dennis Beaufort, created the first League online Voter Guide using Vote411 software. They produced Guides for each subsequent election. Kathryn holds a BA and Master’s in American Studies and a MS in Library Science. In 2003, she accepted a position at American University Library shortly after her retirement from the DC Public Library. Her previous work experience includes library positions at The Brookings Institution, The Washingtoniana Division of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library and the Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library where she was the manager for 13 years. She has written several book chapters, most recently contributing a chapter on Tenleytown to the book, Washington at Home, published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. She served two terms on the Council of the American Library Association. Kathryn is a docent for the National Park Service-Girl Scout C&O Canal History Program at Riley’s Lock. An active rower, Kathryn’s team is on the Potomac most mornings before dawn. A lifelong Washingtonian, Kathryn lives in American University Park.

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