VOTER SERVICES

 The League of Women Voters of Park Ridge has a long, proud history of sponsoring election forums in our community. Our very first forum was held in April of 1955 at Lincoln Middle School.  As a nonpartisan 501(c)(3) organization, we neither endorse nor oppose candidates for public office. We hold election forums to encourage the informed and active participation of citizens in government.

We will hold one forum and one meet-and-greet this election cycle.  The forum for D64 candidates running for the three 4-year seats will be Wed., March 15th at 7 p.m. at Park Ridge Community Church.  We hoped to also hold a second forum  for the two candidates running for the 2-year term, but candidate Mercado was unable to attend the suggested dates.  Our Meet-and-Greet for all offices will be on Saturday, March 18th at Park Ridge Library. Drop in between 10 a.m. and noon.

Past forums include:

• 2020 - 20th Illinois House District race (featuring candidates Brad Stephens and Michelle Darbro), viewable here.
• 2021 - 2nd Ward Park Ridge Alderperson race (featuring candidates Julianna Lopez de Philbrook and Fred Sanchez), viewable here.
• 2022 - Regrettably, the forum planned for the 55th Illinois House District and 28th Illinois Senate District for September of 2022 was not able to be held.*

* Senator Laura Murphy and Representative Martin Moylan accepted the forum invitation from LWVPR, but Senate candidate Sal Raspanti (R) and House candidate Michael Lupo (R) declined (citing conflicts with the initial proposed date and failing to respond to a request to propose alternatives). League of Women Voters guidelines preclude us from conducting a forum for any race when only one candidate running for an office will be present.