SEPTEMBER
Thursday, September 12, 8:00 pm
Fair Lawn Borough Hall, 8-01 Fair Lawn Avenue, Fair Lawn
LWV of Fair Lawn and the PTA Council held a candidates’ forum for three seats on the Fair Lawn Board of Education. The candidates are: Joseph P. Baldofsky, Eugene M. Banta, Anthony Elia, Lyudmila Koroleva, Manda Prashant Pasarkar, Wilkin Santana, and Bazhena Tulchinskiy. Residents submitted questions by email to lwvfairlawn@gmail.com. A recording of the forum can be found here.
Tuesday, September 17 – National Voter Registration Day
Thursday, September 19, 8:00 pm
Fair Lawn Borough Hall, 8-01 Fair Lawn Avenue, Fair Lawn
LWV of Fair Lawn will hold a candidates’ forum for a three-year unexpired term for Fair Lawn Council. The candidates are Nathalie M. Salinas and Robert H. Shaefer. Residents submitted questions by email to lwvfairlawn@gmail.com. View a recording of the forum here.
September 21 – start of mailing of Mail-In Ballots
Monday, September 23, 7:30 pm
Teaneck High School, 100 Elizabeth Ave, Teaneck – 3rd floor
LWV of Teaneck is holding a candidates’ forum for three seats on the Teaneck Board of Education. The candidates are: Kevin T. Gibbs, Michelle Harris, Nadia N. Hosein, Inbal Israeli Miller, Jennifer E. Levy, Lawrence V. Lewitinn, Jonathan G. Rodriguez and Seleene Raquel Wong. The public is invited and will have the opportunity to submit questions for the candidates.
Wednesday, September 25, 7:30 pm
NfRPP will hold a Zoom webinar with Alex Keyssar of Harvard, “Challenges to Democracy for November 2024 and Beyond.” RSVP for the Zoom Webinar here. Or watch the event on Facebook Live here.
Sunday, September 29, 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Tenafly Borough Hall, 100 Riveredge Road, Tenafly
LWV of Northern Valley and Tenafly Mayor & Council are sponsoring a celebration of Women’s Voting Rights. The public is invited to come and celebrate the life of American suffragist and Tenafly resident Elizabeth Cady Stanton and witness the declaration of the Sister City relationship between Tenafly, NJ and Seneca Falls, NY, the home of the first Women’s Rights Convention in 1848. Guest speakers will include Coline Jenkins, Great, Great Granddaughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Tenafly Councilwoman Dr. Julie O’Connor; former NJ State Senate Majority Leader, Senator Loretta Weinberg; NJ State Assemblywoman Shama Haider, 37th Legislative District; and Tomasina Schwarz, President of the League of Women Voters of Northern Valley. Refreshments will be served.
Monday, September 30, 7:30 pm
Teaneck High School, 100 Elizabeth Ave, Teaneck – 3rd floor
LWV of Teaneck is holding a candidates forum for three seats on the Teaneck Council. The candidates are: Duane Harley, Reshma Khan, Karen Orgen, Michael Pagan, Mark J. Schwartz, Ardie Walser and Chondra Young. The public is invited and will have the opportunity to submit questions for the candidates.
OCTOBER
Tuesday, October 15 – last day to register to vote
Tuesday, October 15, 7:00 pm
Woodcliff Lake Senior Center, 411 Chestnut Ridge Road, Woodcliff Lake
LWV of Northern Valley is holding a candidates forum for two seats on the Woodcliff Lake Council. The candidates are: Christopher Bonanno, Jennifer S. Margolis, Brian J. Magrogan and Morgan Mazor. The public was invited and had the opportunity to submit questions for the candidates. A recording of the forum can be found here.
Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Ridgewood Village Hall, 131 North Maple Avenue, Ridgewood
LWV of Ridgewood will hold a candidates’ forum for three seats on the Ridgewood Council. The candidates are: Hyunju Kwak, Francis “Frank” Mortimer, Jr., Pamela R. Perron and Paul Vagianos. The public is invited and will have the opportunity to submit questions for the candidates.
Wednesday, October 16
New Jersey Globe hosted a candidate forum for Congressional District 9 with candidates Billy Prempeh and Nellie Pou. a recording can be found on YouTube here.
Wednesday, October 23, 7:00 pm
Tenafly High School, 19 Columbus Drive, Library Media Center, Tenafly
LWV of Northern Valley will hold a candidate forum for two seats on the Tenafly Council. The candidates are: Lauren Dayton (D), Jennifer Jackson (I) and Julie O’Connor (D). Residents may submit questions for candidates by Oct 22 to LWVNorthernValley@gmail.com. The public was invited to attend. A recording of the forum may be found here.
Thursday, October 24, 7:00 pm
Glen Rock Council Chambers, 1 Harding Plaza #1, Glen Rock
LWV of Glen Rock is holding a candidates forum for two seats on the Glen Rock Town Council. The candidates are: Anne Marie Leonard, William J. Leonard Sr., Jill Orlich and Maureen Rozanski. The public is invited and will have the opportunity to submit questions for the candidates.
Thursday, October 24, 7:30 pm
NfRPP will hold a Zoom webinar, “US Immigration and Border Policies: The Wrong Actions at the Wrong Time for the Wrong Reasons.” Speakers are Douglas S. Massey, the Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton, and Jeremy Robbins, the Executive Director of the American Immigration Council. RSVP for the Zoom Webinar here. Or watch on Facebook here.
Saturday, October 26 – Sunday, November 3: Early Voting Period
Tuesday, October 29, 7:00 pm
Glen Rock Council Chambers, 1 Harding Plaza #1, Glen Rock
LWV of Glen Rock is holding a candidates forum for three seats on the Glen Rock Board of Education. The candidates are: Boaz Cohen, Daniel A. Corey, Gregory S. Fuller, Sivan Romascanu and Allan J. Storinge Jr. The public is invited and will have the opportunity to submit questions for the candidates.
Wednesday, October 30, 7:30 pm
Paramus Public Library, 116 East Century Road, Paramus
LWV of Bergen County, with co-sponsors Bergen County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey and the YWCA of Northern New Jersey, will hold a candidate forum for Bergen County Sheriff. The candidates are Anthony Cureton (D) and Robert Kugler (R). Residents submitted questions for candidates by October 29 to lwvbergen@gmail.com. The public was invited to attend. A recording of the forum can be found here.
NOVEMBER
Sunday, November 3 – Early voting ends
Tuesday, November 5, 6:00 am – 8:00 pm: ELECTION DAY
Wednesday, November 13, 7:30 pm
NfRPP will hold a Zoom webinar, “What’s next in the Russo-Ukrainian War?” Speakers are Timothy Frye, the Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy, and Oxana Shevel, an associate professor of political science at Tufts University and director of the Tufts International Relations Program, with Gideon Rose, the Mary and David Boies Distinguished Fellow in U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, as moderator. RSVP for the Zoom Webinar here. Or watch the event on Facebook Live here.