Maya Smith/Lawrence Times
Douglas County Clerk Jamie Shew wants to make sure local voters know about a new state law that invalidates their advance ballots if they don’t arrive by Election Day.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence elected officials and civic professionals speaking during a panel Monday identified trends they say disrupt the public discourse necessary to make progress.
Five Lawrence elected officials and civic professionals will soon participate in a panel about “how we talk to each other in civic life.”
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
A nonpartisan civic forum will introduce voters to Lawrence school board candidates and their platforms in advance of the Nov. 4 general election.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Voters asked Lawrence City Commission candidates about the budget, Haskell Indian Nations University, affordable housing and other topics important to them at a buzzing forum Saturday.
Tom Harper/Lawrence Times
Like speed dating but for civic engagement, an upcoming forum will allow voters to become acquainted with Lawrence City Commission candidates.
”The League of Women Voters of Lawrence-Douglas County does not support the proposed change to the structure of Lawrence city government. … The League also has serious concerns about the future of our county government,” Sonja Czarnecki writes in this letter to the Times.
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Several forums where community members can hear from candidates running in local and state races are set for the coming weeks, ahead of the Tuesday, Nov. 5 general election.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Four candidate forums are coming up, featuring candidates running for Douglas County Commission as well as the Lawrence- and Douglas County-area candidates running in the primary elections for Kansas House and Senate.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
Candidates running for Douglas County Commission seats largely agreed during a forum Saturday that housing inequality and increasing property taxes are pervasive but shared differing viewpoints on environmentalism and equity strides.
