If you are interested in becoming a member of the League of Women Voters of Richardson and helping with the production of our VOTERS GUIDES and candidate forums, we welcome your participation. Membership is open to all men and women. Click
here to join us.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us at
voterservice@lwvrichardson.org.
CURRENT CANDIDATE FORUMS
To find out if there are any currently scheduled candidate forums, visit our
Current Election page and click on the "Candidate Forums" tab.
FORUM VIDEOS
As an election approaches, the League of Women Voters of Richardson decides whether or not to hold candidate forums for races. Sometimes our forums are cosponsored by other local Leagues and/or by local organizations. The candidate forums provide an opportunity for candidates to participate in a non-partisan question-and-answer session before delivering closing remarks.
To access videos of past forums, click
here and look for the "Forum" sections.
RECORDING POLICY
To ensure that the public has access to information that is not manipulated to create false or misleading impressions by a candidate's campaign, the League of Women Voters of Richardson publishes unedited video of our candidate forums. The forums are shown in their entirety, whether on the Internet or public access television.
CANDIDATE FORUM PROCESS
The goal of the League of Women Voters of Richardson (LWV-R) in conducting candidate forums is to provide information directly from the candidates about their positions on a variety of issues, so that voters can make an informed, responsible choice when voting. This article is an attempt to explain the process LWV-R uses to plan and conduct its forums.
Click
here to view a detailed explanation of our process in preparing for a candidate forum.
Click
here to view a detailed explanation of the LWV policy requiring the cancelation of a candidate forum for a contested race in which only one candidate is present.