[Vision2020] All-Candidate's Forum October 17

[Donovan Arnold]

I am sorry you elect a practice of discrimination in your candidate  forum debates. I don't think it worked well last election year for you  either. I think it is highly discriminatory, particularly for those  that don't have access or cannot use the internet (over 30% of the  population). You really expect the elderly to access the internet and  ask questions, or do you not care for their participation? My guess is  you forgot them and wonder why we only get a 25%-50% turn out. 
  
  Furthermore, it is empirical fact that most of your message and  communication is lost when you use this method to ask questions. Ask  any communication professor. 
  
  You have placed a giant wall between candidates and voters. 
  
  
  Too sad. I won't attend your forum because of its exclusivity.
  
  As to time constraints, 2 hours of audience questions is still two hours. 
  
  Best,
  
Donovan J Arnold
  
  
fallforum at adelphia.net wrote:  Dear Mr. Arnold.

I'm  sorry you feel this way. We chose this format not only because it  worked well the last election year, but also due to time constraints.  As noted in the original note, the public can send questions to the  candidates through the e-mail listed . They will also be able to meet with and talk to the candidates that night.


---- Donovan Arnold  wrote: 
> "no questions will be taken from the audience" What the hell?
>   
>  How dumb! As a political scientist, I can tell you this is the worst  thing ever for an election. I think this is a hostile act against  freedom of speech and freedom of the people to interact with candidates  running for elected offices. Giving candidates canned questions is a  horrible way to introduce them to the public. 
>   
> Part  of determining a good candidate is their ability to hear, listen, and  respond to another human being asking a question with emotions and  feelings, and concern in their voice, and making sure they are given an  answer to the question they intended to ask. It tells me their ability  to relate to others. 
>   
> If you are not going to be  able to have personal interaction, or watch personal interaction  between the candidates and members of the community, why go? Just read  the responses off the minutes, or watch it on TV, it will be the same  thing. 
>   
> I think a huge human element is lost when a  woman of three children cannot approach the microphone and ask about  education with passion in her voice versus and has to accept someone in  a monotone voice reading it off an index card, not the same thing. Huge  difference. 
>   
> I go to debates to watch how the  candidates make judgments, interact with people, and think. That is  what is important to me. I usually already know their position on a  proposition or education before I go, it is the human communication I  want to know, what they are like as people and how they respond to a  particular person with a particular concern because I want to know how  they are going to respond to me when I contact two years later when I  need their help. 
>   
> Nonverbal communication is 90% of  communication. Having 90% of communication cut off does not enhance  communication with voters and candidates it hinders and confuses it. 
>   
>  I will not attend a censored debate. Waste of time, I will be telling  other students the same and to just email the candidates with their  questions. 
>   
>   Best,
>   
>   _DJA
>   
>   
>   
> Bill Moore  wrote:              [I was asked by the   League of Women Voter's to post the following announcement to the   list.]
>    
>  The League of Women Voters of Moscow is co-sponsoring, with the Daily  News, a candidates' forum. Here are the particulars:
> 
> All-Candidates' Forum
> Tuesday,   October 17
> 7PM-9PM
> Moscow High School auditorium, 401 East 3rd   St.
> 
>  We have representatives from all the US Congress, State of Idaho, Idaho  legislative and Latah County offices, so far 21 candidates. We are  soliciting questions from the community and will meet with the Daily  News to sort them before the forum (no questions will be taken from the  audience). Candidates will have time to meet with, and answer questions  from, the audience members after the forum. Handicapped access can be  arranged by calling Joan Klingler at 882-8853.
> 
> Questions to candidates can be sent   to:
> fallforum at adelphia.net
> 
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