Sponsored by In the Loop Ministry Group and Dismantling Racism Team
>> Worship Resources for “Vote Our Values Sunday,” October 30th <<
Links from Monday’s lecture and discussion
- Voting in Maryland
- Volunteer to make phone calls – Training is offered Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Phonebanks are open 9am to 8pm every day.
- HJ Res 98 – Rep. Mark Pocan – Constitutional Right to Vote
- Become a Poll Worker
- If you see a problem at the polls you can report it on your phone with a photograph or a video at voterprotect.live/seesay
- Example Palm Cards – Issue-based
- Vote Our Values Flyer/poster

Key Dates
Early Voting
- October 27th to November 3rd
- Find out Where to vote based on your address (early and on November 8th) and more
Mail-in ballot Requirements
- Tuesday, November 1, 2022
- Receipt deadline for ballot by mail or fax
- Friday, November 4, 2022
- 5 pm – Receipt deadline for Internet ballot request.
- 11:59 pm – Receipt deadline for a request sent in the mail, or fax
Voting and Presbyterian Values
Dismantling Structural Racism
“…Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.”
Matthew 25:40
Eradicating Systemic Poverty
“for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, 36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.”
Matthew 25
“Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be holy, because I am holy.’
Since you call on a Father who judges each person’s work impartially, live out your time as foreigners here in reverent fear.”
1 Peter:13-17

The GA Speaks to Election Integrity
A resolution adopted by the 222nd General Assembly (2016) of the Presbyterian Church (USA)
Statement of Concerns for the U.S. Electoral Process (pdf)
“Respect for the conscience of the individual anchors Presbyterian reverence for the right to vote for everyone…Politics as public decision-making has an ethical purpose and benefits from laws that prevent corruption by special interests against the common good. Weakening the rights of citizenship for some and unfairly enhancing the power of others distort the practices and legitimacy of democracy…”