Alameda LWV Candidate Forum October 25 - Assembly and Hospital Board Candidates

The League of Women Voters of Alameda (LWVA) will present four candidate and issue forums covering citywide political candidates and state and local ballot measures leading up to the November 6 General Election.

All four events are from 7:00 – 8:30 pm on Thursdays in the Mastick Senior Center Social Hall at1155 Santa Clara Avenue in Alameda.

The fourth and final forum (7:00 – 8:30 pm on Thursday, October 25) will include the candidates in two races: for the City of Alameda Health Care District Board (Alameda Hospital board) and for the State Assembly in the newly redistricted Assembly District 18 (AD 18).

The four candidates contesting two hospital board seats are: Jordan Battani, Tracy Jensen, J. Michael McCormick, and Leland Blandon Traiman.

Rob Bonta and Abel Guillen--both Democrats—are opposing each other for the AD 18 seat after finishing 1-2 in the primary.

There will be three Candidate Forums in all (October 4, 18, and 25) and one “Pros and Cons” presentation (October 11) on state and local ballot measures. all of them taking place 7:00 – 8:30 pm on Thursdays at the Mastick Senior Center.

All of these forums are free and open to the public. The Mastick Senior Center is an accessible, ADA-compliant facility. Parking is available: the parking lot entrance is on Santa Clara Avenue between Bay Street and St. Charles Street.

CONTACT:

Dorothy Fullerton, LWVA Voter Service Chair

  (510-769-9159; dorothy.fullerton@gmail.com)

Jon Spangler, LWVA Publicity Committee

(510-864-2144; jonswriter@att.net)

LWVA EVENTS: http://alameda.ca.lwvnet.org/Public_Events.html

Every candidate in each of the four races has been invited to participate.

At each candidate forum, candidates will respond to questions posed by members of the audience and by the LWVA. At the October 11 forum, League members who are informed on the state and local ballot measures will present impartial balanced, and nonpartisan “Pros and Cons”on each measure and answer audience questions.

The LWVA intends to videotape all four forums and make the videos available for later viewing on the League’s web site.

For nonpartisan election information please visit the League of Women Voters’ SmartVoter.org site. Information is also available from the office of the California Secretary of State, which produces the Voter Information Guide. Local election and voting information is available from the Alameda County Registrar of Voters.

The last day to register to vote prior to the November 6 General Election—or to re-register if you have moved—is Monday, October 22.

The League of Women Voters, a 501(c) (3) nonpartisan and nonprofit public policy educational organization, offers voter service and citizen education activities to increase citizen participation in our democracy, study community issues, and support positive public policy solutions. The LWVA is open to men and women: please visit our membership page for more information.