[Electronic-lan] PLEASE SHARE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS: Voter Education Coalition forum Sunday afternoon

[Melinda]

Candidate forum set for July 10; public encouraged to attend, ask questions
Staff Report
July 5, 2016

Candidates running in primaries for state and county offices will answer 
questions during a public forum Sunday at Lawrence City Hall.

The event, sponsored by the Voter Education Coalition, starts at 3 p.m. 
and will last until about 6:15 p.m. The event will not be carried live 
but will be available for viewing later through the WOW cable system's 
on-demand service.

The forum will begin with state legislative candidates and end with 
candidates for the Douglas County Commission. About 90 minutes will be 
devoted to each session, with a short break in between.

The candidates will answer questions from moderators as well as written 
questions submitted from the audience.

Patrick Wilbur, an organizer of the event, said the legislative portion 
would include the two Democratic candidates in the 44th House District 
of western Lawrence, incumbent Rep. Barbara Ballard and challenger 
Stephen X. Davis; and both Republican candidates in the 45th House 
District of western Douglas County, incumbent Rep. Tom Sloan and 
challenger Jeremy Ryan Pierce.

Also invited to the forum, but not confirmed as of Tuesday, are the two 
Republican candidates in the 42nd House District of eastern Douglas 
County, incumbent Rep. Connie O'Brien and challenger Jim Karleskint.

All four candidates running in primaries for the 3rd District Douglas 
County Commission seat will also take part, Wilbur said. They include 
Democrats Jim Weaver and Bassem Chahine, and Republicans Michelle 
Derusseau and Jim Denney.

The primary elections will be Aug. 2. Advance voting for the primaries 
begins July 13.

Originally published at: 
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2016/jul/05/candidate-forum-set-july-10/