Check List
Sample Letter
Forum Assignments
Question Sorters
Starting Questions
Answer Grid
Handling Problems
Introductory Remarks
Ground Rules
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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF FREMONT, NEWARK AND UNION CITY
General Remarks about Forums
| When you organize a forum remember the primary goal is to allow the
public access into the election process. Whatever you do, keep that in
mind. If the moderator flubs a question, that’s O.K. as long as she recovers,
apologizes, and goes on. All of the material the moderator reads (the script)
should be in very large type size with plenty of space between lines. Also
there should be at least one extra copy of the script if televising, for
the control room person. This is also true for the Answer Grid. Usually
candidates are thankful for this service provided by the League and are
very cooperative. There can be negative feedback from audience members
at the end of the forum because their questions were not used. Just refer
back to the fact that because of time restraints not all questions could
be used. And finally, enjoy the process. It is a wonderful service provided
for your community!!
To the left are 9 topics that describe how to plan and administer
a Candidate Forum.
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