Dawn Smith and Christine Lemerande, Co-chairs General Election years are always busy for Voter Services, and this year is no exception.  We invited 50+ local candidates to submit ten-minute videos, asking them to answer two questions – ·      Why are you running for office? ·      What are the three top issues facing your community/district, and, if elected, what will you do to address those issues?   Seventeen candidates submitted videos. Given that this was our first try ad

(Dawn Smith, Co-Chair)   Voter Services met via Zoom in early December to start planning out the 2026 General Election year. With all the local races (City Council, County Board, Village Boards, etc.), and with the poor luck we’ve had getting all the candidates to participate in our forums, we’re taking a different approach this year. All candidates running for selected offices will be sent an invite to submit a 10-minute promotional video to the LWVGGB, which we will share o