A consortium of ten northern Illinois LWV organizations will host a forum at 7pm on May 11, 2022 for the candidates running in the June 28, 2022 General Primary for the Republican nomination for U.S. Congress in the 11th District. The forum will be held at the Batavia City Hall, 100 N. Island Avenue in Batavia. The event can be accessed by members of the public in numerous ways. The forum will be broadcast live on BATV’s Public Access Channel 17. It will also be live streamed on BATV’s Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/BATV1017) and uploaded to BATVs YouTube channel (http://youtube.com/user/BATV1017). Finally, some of the local Leagues will be posting a recording of the forum to their respective social media channels following the event.

Patti Lackman, Voter Service Chair of the LWV of Central Kane County, explained, “The forum on May 11 is focused on the General Primary race for this important office. The participants are running against each other for the Republican nomination. Whoever wins the General Primary on June 28th will compete against Democrat incumbent Bill Foster in November.”

Invitations to participate in the forum were extended to each of the candidates who will appear on the General Primary ballot. The candidates include Jerry Evans, Andrea Heeg, Catalina Lauf, Sussan L. Hathaway-Altman, Mark Joseph Carroll, and Cassandra Tanner Miller. Questions for the candidates will include questions that have been submitted by the public.

Lackman added, “The League of Women Voters is a nonpartisan, issue-oriented organization with a long history of hosting candidate forums and providing other opportunities for citizens to learn about our political process. The organization never endorses candidates.”

Here are some important dates to know for the upcoming 2022 General Primary:

• March 30, 2022: First day to request vote by mail application.
• May 19, 2022: Early voting begins at permanent polling locations.
• June 12, 2022: Last day to register online.
• June 23, 2022: Last day to request vote by mail application.
• June 28, 2022: General Primary Election Day

Nonpartisan information about voting in Illinois can be found at https://illinoisvoterguide.org/, and the League of Women Voters of Naperville utilizes VOTE411.org as their voter guide. Anyone wishing to find out more about this candidate forum or any other event hosted by the League of Women Voters of Central Kane County may obtain more information by emailing info [at] lwvckc.org