Nevada ballot issues featured at tonight's first League of Women Voters election forum
Monday night will be the first of a series of election forums hosted by The League of Women Voters of Northern Nevada, Sierra Nevada Forums and American Association of University Women. A candidates forum will be held Thursday.
For the first forum, ballot issues will be presented. Ballot issues will be addressed by presenters stating the positive and the negative for each item. Issues to be covered include the Mining Tax and Education Initiative, also known as the Margins Tax, and the Question 1 Appellate Court issue.
The public is invited to attend these forums, which will be held at the Carson City Community Center, Sierra Room. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the forum begins at 6 p.m. each evening. The forums will also be covered on Carson Television, online here and on Carson Now here.
Forums continue through Sept. 30 and will present both candidates for races and ballot proposition questions that will be on the ballot for the general election on Nov. 4.
Candidates for the Carson City Board of Supervisors, School Board Trustees, Assembly District 40 and Senate District 16, and District Attorney will have the opportunity to state their positions on a range of questions. The Carson City Community Center is located at 851 E. William Street.
Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014: Candidates for Carson City Board of Supervisors and School Board Trustees will speak. Board of Supervisors candidates include: Karen Abowd, Lisa Helget, Lori Bagwell, and John McKenna. School Board Trustee candidates include: Jim Bathgate, Ron Swirczek, David W. Carter, Stacie Wilke, Ryan Green and Jeff Cherpeski. Carson City’s ballot question concerning the election of supervisors by ward will be discussed.
Sept. 29, 2014: Candidates for the Carson City District Attorney’s race, Assembly District 40, and Senate District 16 will be presented. Candidates include: Carson City District Attorney’s race: Mark Krueger, Jason Woodbury. Assembly District 40 candidates: Dave Cook, Philip “PK” O’Neill, and John Wagner. Invited Senate District 16 candidates: John H. Everhart, Michael Kelley, and Ben Kieckhefer.
Sept. 30, 2014: Candidates for Lieutenant Governor and Attorney General will be presented. Candidates for Lieutenant Governor include Lucy Flores, Mark Hutchison, and Mike Little. Invited candidates for Attorney General include Adam Laxalt, Ross Miller and Jonathan Hansen.
A Voter’s Guide with individual candidate responses for Carson City and Washoe County races will be available online on the League of Women Voters of Northern Nevada website: http://www.lwvnn.org.
Early voting begins on October 18. The last day for early voting is Friday October 31. The early voting location is the first floor of the County Courthouse, 885 E. Musser St.
The League of Women Voters of Northern Nevada is a non-partisan non-profit organization supporting public information and involvement to promote informed voting and public participation.
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