Seven candidate forums—two more than were already announced in the September 5 edition of the Herald Times—will be held in the MCPL Auditorium, each of them beginning at 7:00 p.m. After brief introductions, the candidates will answer questions submitted by the audience and posed by panelists. Questions may also be submitted in advance by sending an email to [email protected], with a notation of the race for which the question is intended. The forums will take place on the following dates:
Tuesday, September 20—County Auditor and County Treasurer
Thursday, September 22—County Commissioners, District 2 and District 3
Tuesday, September 27—State Representative, District 61
Wednesday, September 28—County Council at-large
Thursday, September 29—MCCSC School Board
Wednesday, October 5— State Representatives, Districts 46 and 60
Thursday, October 6— State Representatives, Districts 62 and 65
The Keys to the Candidates, compiled by the League of Women Voters as an aid to voters and published as a service by the Herald Times, will appear in the print edition of the paper in a shorter version and in its full length in the HT online.
Another service, provided on the website of the MCPL, is the “Be a Voter” web page. It offers information on voter registration and early voting, as well as a schedule for the candidate forums. A collaboration between the MCPL and the League, it will be updated as further information, including the ballot, becomes available. The “Be a Voter” page can be found at http://mcpl.info/vote.