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Today is the LAST DAY to Register to Vote! | Afro

With just over a week to go before the Primary Election, Baltimore Votes is on a mission to make sure that every voter feels ready to head to the ballot box.

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Greater Baltimore Committee CEO Don Fry and WBAL NewsRadio host Bryan Nehman will co-moderate a debate of the leading Democratic candidates for Baltimore City Mayor.

22 candidates for Mayor of Baltimore City participated in the forum, which was moderated by WYPR’s Tom Hall and Lisa Snowden-McCray of the Baltimore Beat and the Real News Network.

Baltimore Votes and Black Girls Vote are both nonpartisan organizations and we do not want to influence your vote for any particular candidate or political party.

At this time, we cannot deliver boxes outside of Baltimore City.

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