Three Candidate Forums

Here are the details on all three candidate forums that the League of
Women Voters of Moore County is organizing or playing a part in. As
you can see the forums are in Southern Pines on Oct. 2, Pinehurst on
Oct. 16 and Whispering Pines on Oct. 18. Election Day is Tuesday,
November 6. (Below are details about One Stop registration, which
is during the same schedule as One Stop voting.)


1. League of Women Voters, So. Pines Civic Club, Save our Sandhills,
So. Pines Business Association, So. Pines Neighborhood Assn. and West
So. Pines Civic Club is organizing a candidate forum for Southern
Pines Mayor and Town Council candidates and presentations on the
School and Community College bond issue. Tues., Oct 2, 6:30 to 9:15
at the So. Pines Elementary School, 255 S. May Street. The candidates
for Mayor of Southern Pines are Mike Haney, Greg L. (Manimal)
Prochaska, Jeffrey A. Sheer, Chris Smithson and David Woodruff. The
Mayor has a 4 year commitment. The Primary for Mayor Candidates is
Oct 9. The candidates for Town Council are Baxter L. Clement,
Marquita K. Daniels, Abigail R. Dowd, and Fred C. Walden. The public
will chose two Town Council candidates for a term of 4 years.


2. The League of Women Voters of Moore County will sponsor a candidate
forum, for the Pinehurst Mayor and Council positions. Date: Tuesday,
Oct. 16, 7 to 9 PM at the Pinehurst Village Hall Assembly room.
George P. Lane, Douglas A. Lapins, and John M. Marcum are candidates
for Mayor. The current mayor is not up for reelection. Judith L.
(Judy) Borden, Virginia F. (Ginsey) Fallon (incumbent), Andrew H.
(Andy) Thomas and Joan H. Thurman are running for two seats on the
Village Council. Both jobs are a four year commitment.


3. The League of Women Voters is sponsoring a candidate forum for two
seats on the Whispering Pines Village Council, in the Council Room, on
Thursday, Oct. 18 from 7 to 9 Pm. The candidates are Molly B. Boggis,
Lynn R. Crawford, Robert C. (Skip) Gebhardt and Carl E. Lanning. The
term of a Council member is four years.

Per the web site of Moore County Board of Elections: "A North Carolina
resident who is qualified to vote but who misses the 25-day deadline
for voter registration may register and vote at a One-Stop Site during
the One-Stop Absentee Voting period. The One-Stop Voting period begins
the 3rd Thursday before an Election and ends no later than 1:00pm on
the last Saturday (Nov. 3) before the Election (Nov. 6).

The process is sometimes referred to as "Same-Day Registration," but
it is important to recognize that it is NOT permitted on Election Day
itself.

To use this process, a citizen must (1) go to a One-Stop Voting Site
in the county of residence during the One Stop Absentee Voting period,
(2) fill out a voter registration application, and (3) provide proof
of residency by showing the elections official an appropriate form of
identification with the citizen's current name and current address.
The new registrant may vote ONLY at a One-Stop Absentee Voting Site in
the county of registration during One-Stop Absentee Voting period and
NOT on Election Day."