Forum set for Oct. 14
Photo by Marek Studzinski
The area shown (Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, and Schoolcraft counties and portions of Chippewa and Mackinac counties) make up the 38th district in the Michigan House of Representatives. Three individuals — Sara Cambensy, Dave Prestin and Kelli van Ginhoven — are all vying to represent the district in Lansing. All three will attend a forum in Escanaba on Oct. 14. (Courtesy map)
Delta, Luce, Menominee, and Schoolcraft counties and parts of Chippewa and Mackinac counties comprise Michigan's 108th State House of Representatives district. In November, voters will elect either Larry Johnson or Rachel Keys to take over as representative for the area. (Courtesy map)
The League of Women Voters has long been a trusted organization for hosting candidate forums. In March 1980, Republican presidential hopefuls, from left, Philip Crane, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, second from left, and Rep. John Anderson, right, appear with moderator Howard K. Smith, center, during the presidential forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters in Chicago, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Kelly)
Photo by Marek Studzinski
The area shown (Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, and Schoolcraft counties and portions of Chippewa and Mackinac counties) make up the 38th district in the Michigan House of Representatives. Three individuals — Sara Cambensy, Dave Prestin and Kelli van Ginhoven — are all vying to represent the district in Lansing. All three will attend a forum in Escanaba on Oct. 14. (Courtesy map)
Delta, Luce, Menominee, and Schoolcraft counties and parts of Chippewa and Mackinac counties comprise Michigan's 108th State House of Representatives district. In November, voters will elect either Larry Johnson or Rachel Keys to take over as representative for the area. (Courtesy map)
The League of Women Voters has long been a trusted organization for hosting candidate forums. In March 1980, Republican presidential hopefuls, from left, Philip Crane, George Bush, Ronald Reagan, second from left, and Rep. John Anderson, right, appear with moderator Howard K. Smith, center, during the presidential forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters in Chicago, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Kelly)
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ESCANABA -- The League of Women Voters of Delta County has organized a voter forum for three local races that are on the ballot this November. Residents are encouraged to submit questions to be asked of the candidates at the event, which is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 14 at Escanaba City Hall (410 Ludington St.), by email to deltacountylwv@gmail.com.
All invited candidates have confirmed they will attend the forum, reported Ann Bissell on behalf of the LWV. The three-part evening event will bring together the hopefuls running for seats representing Michigan’s 38th Senate district, the 108th State House of Representatives district and 94th District Court.
Facing off to serve in the State Senate for the 38th district -- which represents Alger, Baraga, Delta, Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, and Schoolcraft counties plus portions of Chippewa and Mackinac counties -- are Sara Cambensy, running as an independent; Dave Prestin, Republican; and Kelli van Ginhoven, Democrat.
Michigan’s 108th State House of Representatives district holds all of Delta, Luce, Menominee, and Schoolcraft counties in addition to parts of Chippewa and Mackinac counties. Seeking to represent the area are Republican Larry Johnson and Democrat Rachel Keys, both of whom are to be at the forum in Escanaba.
The final race whose candidates will speak on Oct. 14 is that of the 94th District Court of Michigan. The 94th is the court in Delta County that has jurisdiction over all traffic, civil infraction, and non-traffic civil infraction matters and all civil litigation up to $25,000, including small claims and eviction proceedings. Attorneys Andrew Hayse and Trenton Stupak will both appear on the November ballot for the role of judge in said court.
The League of Women Voters, now a major network of 800 chapters around the country and a valued nonpartisan organization that encourages active participation in democracy, was formed in 1920 through a merger of the National Council of Women Voters and the National American Women's Suffrage Association. “Referred to as a ‘mighty political experiment,’ it aimed to help newly enfranchised women exercise their right to vote,” states lwv.org.
The local League produced a voter guide detailing all the races and ballot proposals that will soon come before area voters. The guide was distributed in the Sept. 26 Daily Press and is also available at the Escanaba Public Librar, Gladstone Public Library and the Daily Press.
Absentee voting in Michigan has already begun. Election Day itself is Nov. 3.