It has been a tradition in the CDS that shortly before each election a debate has been held among candidates for the Representative Assembly. Since up to now we have had a faction (party) system, each faction that qualified to participate in the election has chosen one of its candidates to represent the faction’s views in the debate. Then the debates have been held between three or four faction representatives.
In recent years all of these debates have taken place in the Amphitheater in Colonia Nova, and afterward a transcript of them has been posted in this forum.
In this upcoming election we will no longer be using a faction system, but voting for each candidate independently. We are lucky to have 15 candidates to choose from, who are listed here:
http://forums.slcds.info/viewtopic.php? ... 154#p14892
Would we like to hold a debate or debates for this election? If so, where and when would be desirable? What structure would we like the debates to have? Would anyone like to help with hosting them?
In order for the candidates to let us know when they would be available for a debate, I have created a calendar poll for the week leading up to the elections, located here:
http://www.doodle.com/d3asidqwvdcurz8a
If you are a candidate and would like to participate in a Candidates Debate, please go to this calendar and put in the times you would be available.
I wish everybody a happy election campaign season in the CDS!