Forums slated for Barrington, Palatine, Schaumburg area candidates ahead of April 1 election
Several candidate forums are scheduled to allow voters in the Barrington, Palatine and Schaumburg communities to hear firsthand from those seeking elected office in the April 1 election.
The upcoming forums are organized and moderated by the nonpartisan League of Women Voters of the Palatine, Barrington & Schaumburg Areas. Due to limited capacity at all the venues, advance registration of attendees is required at lwvpalatinearea.org.
“Our League takes pride in facilitating informative, respectful and inclusive candidate forums,” said Camille Basak, co-president of LWVPBS-Areas. “The goal is to help candidates be seen and heard by their constituents.”
The candidate forum for Palatine Township Elementary District 15 board of education candidates is slated from 6:30 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26 at the Palatine Library, 700 N. North Court in Palatine.
Candidates for the Barrington Area Library board will meet from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday, March 2 at the Barrington Area Library, 505 N. Northwest Highway in Barrington.
The forum for Barrington Area Unit District 220 board candidates is from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March 2 at the Barrington Area Library.
Candidates for Barrington village board trustee are slated from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 4 at the Barrington Area Library.
The League will hold forums for candidates in the nonpartisan race for the Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 board as well as for the contested partisan races for the offices of Schaumburg Township trustee, assessor, highway commissioner and clerk on Saturday, March 8 at the Schaumburg Township District Library, 130 S. Roselle Road in Schaumburg.
The forum for District 54 candidates will run first, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
A single forum for the offices of Schaumburg Township assessor, clerk and highway commissioner will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It will be followed by a separate forum for the Schaumburg Township trustee candidates from 1 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
All forums are run by trained moderators who don’t live or vote in the jurisdictions they are moderating. All questions submitted in advance by registered attendees are vetted by a nonpartisan team to ensure they’re fair.
“The League format and the use of trained moderators ensures that we deliver nonpartisan candidate information,” said Gayle Banakis, co-president of the LWVPBS-Areas. “This helps voters become better equipped to select the candidate that aligns with their personal values and concerns.”
All the forums will be recorded and made available on the LWVPBS-Areas’ YouTube channel, available at lwvpalatinearea.org.