Voters of the Aurora 6th Ward are invited to attend an online forum at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, featuring the candidates running for the 6th Ward alderman in the primary election. Five candidates are on the February 28 Primary Election ballot: Incumbent Michael B Saville, Matthew J Orr, Nicole Mullins, Matt Harrington, and Benjamin Marcum. February 28 two candidates will be chosen to be on the April 4 General Election ballot.
The forum will be streamed live on the League of Women Voters’ Facebook page at www.facebook.com/LWVAuroraArea.
The forum will be recorded and available online afterward at: www.lwvauroraarea.org
Voters are invited to submit questions to candidates by sending Email to them to lwvauroraarea@gmail.com no later than 5 p.m. February 8.
Please visit the League of Women Voters LWV) Aurora Area website for more information and/or join the organization. All persons aged 16 and older are welcome to become members of the League of Women Voters. www.lwvauroraarea.org
Unlike a debate, a forum involves a neutral-trained moderator from outside the district who presents questions to candidates for their live responses.
The League of Women Voters, founded in 1920, envisions a democracy where every individual has a desire, the right, the knowledge, and the confidence to participate. The League members believe in the power of citizens to create a more perfect democracy and has been conducting forums as part of its voter education mission for decades. The LWV is proud to be non-partisan, neither supporting nor opposing candidates or political parties at any level of government, but always working on vital issues of concern to its members and the public.
—League of Women Voters Aurora Area