Email Us Your Questions Needed for 2025 Primary Candidate Forums!

The League of Women Voters of Clallam County (LWVCLA), in partnership with the North Olympic Library System (NOLS), encourages all citizens living in Clallam County to submit questions for upcoming June and July candidate forums. Three candidate forums in advance of the August 5th primary election will take place via Zoom, allowing people from across the county a chance to see and hear the candidates.

 

Concise, unbiased questions directly related to the job, its policies, and the leadership skills required will be given priority, and similar questions will be combined. LWVCLA strives to ensure that questions reflect a wide range of concerns from the county, and questions are never released to any candidates in advance of the forums. Please submit your questions via email to info@lwvcla.org at least three days prior to each forum.

 

PORT ANGELES SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 121

Tuesday, June 24 at 5:30 PM. Confirmed participants to date are: Kim Butler, Nancy Hamilton, Mary Hebert, and Sarah Methner.

Hear/View the Zoom Recording here: Port Angeles School Dist. Candidate Forum 

PORT ANGELES CITY COUNCIL

Thursday, June 26 at 5:30 PM. Confirmed participants to date are: Ralph Davison, Kate Dexter, Mimi Dvorak, Gilbert Hall, LaTrisha Suggs, and James Taylor. 

Hear/View the Zoom Recording here: Port Angeles City Council Candidate Forum 

HOSPITAL COMMISSIONER DISTRICT 2

Thursday, July 10 at 5:30 PM. Confirmed participants to date are: Carleen Benson, Tara Coffin, Laurie Force, Mic Sager, and Penney Sander.

Hear/View the Zoom Recording here: OMC Candidate Forum  

 

The Zoom link for all forums is https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87067917342. The Meeting ID is 870 6791 7342.  Voters may also call in to listen via +12532050468,,87067917342# US or +12532158782,,87067917342# US (Tacoma).

 

The forums will be recorded and uploaded to the League’s YouTube channel within 42 to 72 hours after each forum at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAGqsUCnCjYV--l9qbaZf0A.

 

For additional information about the candidate forums, please contact Deb Cannon, Voter Services Chair at bdcann@gmail.com.

 

The League of Women Voters is a national nonpartisan, non-profit organization whose purpose is to promote the informed and active participation of citizens in government.

Candidate Forums - General Info

The mission of the League of Women Voters is to empower voters and defend democracy. In carrying out this mission, the League of Women Voters of Clallam County continues to be a key sponsor of candidate and issue forums. For voters, these non-partisan forums encourage informed and active participation in government. For candidates and issue representatives, the forums provide an opportunity to answer questions important to the community and to personally inform voters about the issues.

The guiding principles of the League forums are to be fair and equitable to all eligible candidates and both sides of ballot issues, to give voters direct access to eligible candidates and representatives of ballot issues and to provide information so that voters can make informed decisions.

The League of Women Voters is a non-partisan organization that does not endorse candidates or ballot issues.

LWVCLA Candidate Forum Policy

LWVCLA Video Release Form

We Always Need Help with Candidate Forums!

Voter Services is always in need of members who want to help administer our Clallam County forums. There are big and small ways to help, and guidance and training will be provided for members who haven’t participated in the past.

 

Below are just some of the roles that need to be filled. If you are interested in helping out, please contact info@lwvcla.org.

• Write forum moderator script (from a template).
• Write forum agenda (from a template). 
• Write biographies of candidates to be included in the moderator’s script. 
• Contact candidates to schedule the forums.
• Create press releases for the forums.
• Gather and compile questions from the community.
• Publicity: newspapers, radio stations, social media postings, flyers, emailing community organizations, etc.)
• Publicize the event via networking/emailing with community organizations.
• Contact and manage the venue Usually the Port Angeles Library). 
• Contact and coordinate with co-sponsors (North Olympic Library System (NOLS) and LWV of Jefferson County.
• Coordinate volunteers.
• Be a moderator.
• Be a timer.
• Record the forums.
• Upload the forums to YouTube and LWVCLA website.
• Publicize Vote411.org, which is a great tool.