Candidate forum for Aurora 6th Ward Alderman set for Feb. 8

Voters are invited to attend an online forum at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, featuring the candidates running for the 6th Ward Alderman in the primary election.

Five candidates are on the Feb. 28 primary election ballot: incumbent Michael B. Saville, Matthew J. Orr, Nicole Mullins, Matt Harrington, and Benjamin Marcum.

On Feb. 28, two candidates will be chosen to be on the April 4 general election ballot.

The forum will be streamed live on the League of Women Voters' Facebook page at www.facebook.com/LWVAuroraArea.

The forum will be recorded and available online afterward at www.lwvauroraarea.org.

Voters are invited to submit questions to candidates by emailing them to lwvauroraarea@gmail.com no later than 5 p.m. Feb. 8.

Visit the League of Women Voters Aurora Area website for more information and/or join the organization. All persons aged 16 and older are welcome to become members of the League of Women Voters. www.lwvauroraarea.org

Unlike a debate, a forum involves a neutral trained moderator from outside the district who presents questions to candidates for their live responses.

The League of Women Voters, founded in 1920, envisions a democracy where every individual has a desire, the right, the knowledge, and the confidence to participate. The League believes in the power of citizens to create a more perfect democracy and has been conducting forums as part of its voter education mission for decades. The LWV is proud to be non-partisan, neither supporting nor opposing candidates or political parties at any level of government, but always working on vital issues of concern to its members and the public.