The League of Women Voters of Alachua County (LWVAC), in collaboration with the Bob Graham Center for Public Service at the University of Florida, will be hosting two candidate forums this election season covering primarily the local races.
The forum on June 23 at 1 pm at the Ocora Room at the Graham Center on UF’s campus covers the primary races. A general election forum will be held on Sep. 22 on the Santa Fe College Campus, also at 1pm (location TBA).
Candidates for the following offices will answer questions devised by the League: 1) Sheriff; 2) County Commission; 3) School Board; 4) City Commission; and 5) State Representative. Since the qualifying period ends on June 14 at noon, at that time we will know exactly who is on each slate.
LWVAC also hosts a website called Vote411.org that will be up and running in mid-July. This site will have all the information on candidates that voters may want to study, with candidates providing answers to questions posed for each race.
State and Federal races will be handled by the State of Florida League of Women Voters and League of Women Voters US.