Naperville League of Women Voters to host Jan. 30 online forum for 11th Congressional primary candidates

The Naperville League of Women Voters will be hosting an online candidate forum for the 11th Congressional Republican primary on Tuesday, Jan. 30.

Candidates Jerry Evans of Warrenville, Susan Hathaway-Altman of Geneva, and O. Kent Mercado of Bartlett are expected to attend.

The consolidated election is March 19, 2024.

The Zoom forum is free and open to the public, but guests must register in advance.

Follow this link to register: tinyurl.com/28x52c3d

Following registration, guests can save event information to their digital calendar.

The forum will be recorded and available online afterward at youtube.com/user/LeagueofWomenVoters

Voters are invited to submit possible questions to candidates by emailing them to lwvnaperville@gmail.com no later than 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26.

Visit the Naperville League of Women Voters website, lwvnaperville.org, for more information and/or join the organization. All individual, age 16 or older, are welcome to become members of the League of Women Voters.

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. It is non-partisan, neither supporting nor opposing candidates or political parties at any level of government, but working on vital issues of concern to its members and the public.

The League of Women Voters encourages all voters to mark their calendars for March 19 as a reminder to vote.