ALTON - YWCA Southwestern Illinois recognizes the importance of civic engagement. As part of YWCA USA, we know how critical it is for voters to get educated
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The Alton YWCA is putting forth a “locally driven, multi-racial” effort to increase voter participation in Madison County.
The YWCA’s Get Out the Vote Project will host two virtual candidate forums featuring local mayoral candidates from Godfrey and Alton, answering questions from local residents.
YWCA Executive Director Dorothy Hummel tells the Big Z you do not have to live in Alton or Godfrey to voice your opinion.
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The Village of Godfrey Mayoral candidate forum will be held at 7:00 pm on Monday, March 15
th via Zoom.
The Zoom conference for Alton mayoral candidates is at the same time on March 23rd. To register for either Get Out the Vote Project event, or to submit your comments about issues you want your local leaders to address, you can visit the link below.
Candidate forums set in Alton, Godfrey
Feb. 24, 2021
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ALTON The East End Improvement Association is sponsoring candidate forums for Alton on March 16 and Godfrey on March 18.
Due to the pandemic, both forums will be closed to the public and be held in a virtual format.
“We are excited to be sponsoring these events, as we believe it is an important venue where the residents of both communities can be introduced to the candidates,” said Steve Schwartz of the East End Improvement Association.
In Godfrey, all candidates have been invited to attend. In Alton, due to time limits and the number of candidates, only contested positions have been invited to attend.