The local Voter Education Coalition has announced plans for a Lawrence school board forum and a Candidate Fair for school and City Commission candidates.
A forum featuring candidates for the Lawrence school board is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday in the City Commission chambers at City Hall. The event will be streamed live on LJWorld.com and broadcast live on Knology Channel 25. Questions for the candidates will be provided by VEC partners and will be accepted from audience members attending the event. Replays of the 90-minute forum will be available after the event at LJWorld.com and OnDemand on the Knology system.
A Candidate Fair for candidates in both the school and city races is planned from 10 a.m. to noon April 2 at the Lawrence Visitors Center, 402 N. Second St. Tables will be provided for all the candidates, who have been invited to pass out materials and meet with voters.
“This is a new event for us, and we hope local voters will take advantage of this opportunity to meet informally with candidates and ask any questions they have before voting on April 5,” said VEC co-chair Pattie Johnston.
The Voter Education Coalition is a nonpartisan partnership of more than 20 community organizations aimed at promoting civil dialogue and voter participation. A full list of partners is available on the VEC’s Facebook page.
Comments
consumer1 2 years, 2 months ago
I am interested knowing how a group claim nonpartisan status. Is it just lip service? How do we verify they are nonpartisan? How do we know they will not ask questions that will only reveal what they want to hear? How do we know they are not wolves in sheep clothing? Looking only to give an appearance on nonpartisanship?
consumer1 2 years, 2 months ago
can anyone name 10 organizations that are not supporting the liberal agenda in Lawrence? much less 20 organizations who don't have an agenda?
consumer1 2 years, 2 months ago
which of these members are truley nonpartisan??
Coalition Partners: • American Association of Retired Persons • American Association of University Women • Bert Nash Community Health Center • Chamber of Commerce • Community Living Organization (CLO) • Douglas County Area Chapter, Federation of the Blind • Douglas County Coalition on Aging • Douglas County Farm Bureau • Downtown Lawrence • Kansas Equality Coalition of Lawrence-Douglas County • KLWN • Landlords of Lawrence • Lawrence Association of Neighborhoods..
Each one has their own agenda to support.
svenway_park 2 years, 2 months ago
Consumer: You evidently do not understand the meaning of the word nonpartisan? Try out a dictionary.
consumer1 2 years, 2 months ago
Svenway, I fully understand the meaning. I think you are Naive apparently. look it up in the dictionary.
DeMontfort 2 years, 2 months ago
Yoo hoo...might want to include the date of this one:
"A forum featuring candidates for the Lawrence school board is scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday in the City Commission chambers at City Hall."
Because it sounds like it's tonight and there is a city commission meeting tonight.
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