DDN will host virtual events to informvoters
Sessionswill stream live on the paper’s Facebook page.
In the coming weeks, the Dayton Daily Newswill host three virtual events aimed at helping voters make informed decisions during the November election.
“We at the Dayton Daily News believe it is our duty to help you make informed voting decisions and to keep watch over the voting process,” Editor Jim Bebbington said. “That’s something we’ve always done, and something we’re committed to doing again this year.”
Dayton Daily News staff and community members will host the events, which will be live on the newspaper’s Facebook page. The events include two candidate forums and a commu
nity conversation about voting security.
Here’s more about the events:
■ Candidate forum: Bebbington and reporter Eric
Schwartzberg will host a candidate forum at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, withRepublican state Rep. Niraj Antani and Democratic challenger Mark Fogel. They are running for the Ohio 6th Senatorial District.
■ Candidate forum: Dayton Daily News reporter Chris Stewart and SusanHesselgesser, executive director of the League ofWomen Voters, will host a candidate forum at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, for theMontgomery County Commission race. Incumbent Democrats Judy Dodge and Debbie Lieberman, and Republican Bob Matthews will participate. Lieberman is running against Matthews. Dodge is running against Republican Arlene Setzer, who declined to participate in the forum.
■ Community Conversation: Community Impact Editor Amelia Robinson and Dayton Daily News Statehouse bureaureporterLaura Bischoffwill host a Community Conversation at 6: 30 p.m. Oct. 6 titled “Will Your Vote Count?”
Thecoronaviruspandemic has changed the way many people will cast ballots in November. Panelists will include: Jan Kelly, director of Montgomery County Board of Elections; Merle Madrid, Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose’s chief of staff; Jen Miller, executive director of League of Women Voters of Ohio, and Derrek Foward, president of the NAACP Dayton unit.
“Thecandidate forumsare so important, andwe appreciate the candidateswho are joining us for these nontraditional, virtual events,” Bebbington said. “We’ll be fielding questions fromour readers during the sessions, and we hope they help our readers make their best choices in the upcoming election.”