League of Women Voters hosts March 1 candidate forum for Roselle candidates

The League of Women Voters of Roselle-Bloomingdale will host a candidate forum from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in the Dice Auditorium at Lake Park High School East Campus, 600 S. Medinah Road in Roselle.

Learn more about the credentials and platforms of candidates running in the April 4 consolidated election.

The four candidates running for three seats on the Roselle Village Board will be attending. They are Bruce Berkshire, Wayne Domke, Dena Forsythea nd Lee A. Trejo.

Three seats are up for the Roselle Elementary District 12 board. Candidates Casie Pezzarossi, Lydia Galante, and write-in candidate Amy L. Magnus will be attending.

For information, visit www.lwvrb.org.

Constituents of either office may email questions for possible inclusion in advance of the forum to lwvrbmail@gmail.com.

This Candidate Forum is free and open to the public.

How does a League candidate forum work?

The League provides candidate forums for contested races only. All League candidate forums are impartially moderated by trained, non-partisan volunteers. Each candidate is given two minutes to present their opening statement. Lots are drawn prior to the forum to determine the order.

Questions are solicited in advance from League members, community members, and non-partisan groups. For in-person forums, the audience is given notecards for them to write questions during the course of the event. These questions are all reviewed by the League for appropriateness, relevance, and redundancy. The moderator asks questions in rotation so that each candidate has equal opportunities to be the first to answer. Equal time is given to all candidates to answer each question. After the allotted time for questions is met, each candidate is given one minute to share their closing statement.

If only one candidate for a contested race is present, they will be limited to a three-minute statement of introduction. No surrogates are permitted to participate.

For more information about the forum, contact Roberta Borrino lwvrbmail@gmail.com or 630-217-0122.