The league will provide a moderator from outside Glen Ellyn who will state the rules and explain the format to the audience. The moderator will be responsible for enforcing the time limits and may interrupt the Forum to enforce the Ground Rules

.Forums will be conducted in person.

Audience members are to refrain from recording the Forum. The Forum will be available to view on YouTube and lwvge.org in its entirety.

Campaign items such as hats, shirts, signs etc must not be worn or displayed. Materials promoting a campaign position must not be displayed.

Opening statements will be made in alphabetical order based on the candidates’ last names.

Candidates will alternate order of speaking. Candidate making the first opening statement will move to the “end of the line” for the first question, and this will continue throughout the questioning and closing statements.

Candidates will be allowed 2 minutes to make an opening statement which should include the candidate’s qualifications and reasons the candidate is running for office and 2 minutes to make a closing statement.

Candidates will be given 2 minutes to respond to each question posed by the moderator.

Candidates must make the statements; statements will not be allowed by a candidate’s representative. No visual aids are permitted.

Candidates’ statements and responses will be timed. League members will keep time and display a countdown visible to candidates and moderator. Unused time may not be carried over to later questions or statements.

Candidates will restrict themselves to answering questions posed by the moderator.

Exchanges between candidates will be ruled out of order.

Moderator will read the questions. Some questions will be collected by League in advance of the forum. Additional questions will be solicited from in-person attendees and filtered to avoid duplication.

The League reserves the right to review, select, and reword questions for appropriateness and to avoid duplication. The number of questions asked will depend on the time available.

The League of Women Voters reserves the right to publicize the forum and invite the media of other entities not associated with any candidate or campaign to provide televised, radio, or other coverage of the forum.

If the candidate advertises the forum, or re-posts the LWV’s event announcement, it must state that “This event is sponsored as an aid to voters solely by the League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan organization.” Candidates and their campaigns are not co-sponsors.

The League claims copyright ownership of any recording or transcripts produced.

The League will maintain a recorded copy of the forum. The forum will be posted on local League of Women Voters websites and social media pages and on the LWVIL Voter Guide. Any other use of the forum recording requires the express written approval of League.

Audio and video of the forum must be broadcast unedited, in its entirety and without comment, except by media reporting on events. Candidates and their designees may not use any portion of the recorded forum including audio clips, video clips, or partial transcripts of the forum in campaign advertisements or other material for partisan political purpose.