Two Voter Information Forums To Air on Cable TV in September / October

09/01/2006

One Forum covers both Local and County offices while the other covers School Board elections.

Paul Munnis

Minnesota’s Primary Election will be held on September 12, 2006. This is an election that among other things chooses contested Party seats. For example, Becky Lowrey is contesting the endorsement of Mike Hatch for the DFL slot as DFL Candidate for Governor.

Many important non-partisan races will also be on the Primary Ballot Tuesday, September 12th.

Among these are:

- Rochester City Council
- Rochester Mayor
- Olmsted County Attorney
- Rochester School Board

To help you become a more informed voter, the League of Women Voters is sponsoring two television forum broadcasts on local cable TV channel 10.

These include:

-Rochester City Council, Rochester Mayor, Olmsted County Attorney: noon Friday and 3 p.m. Sunday.

-Rochester School Board: 10 p.m. Thursday, on Friday following the city and county candidates’ forum, and at 3 p.m. Saturday.

Additional showings may be rebroadcast at other times during the week at undetermined times. 

These two forums will be available on DVD at the Rochester Public Library after Saturday, according to the League of Women Voters.

Interested viewers may contact the media center at Rochester Community and Technical College to buy a copy of the broadcasts on either DVD or VHS video tape by calling 285-7228.