<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">No, the League isn’t co-sponsoring, but the PDFs I linked are intended to provide guidance on the topic to their chapters.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Adeline suggested that we ask Robin Bozian’s advice. I’ll do that right now. —dawn</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">—dawn</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">**<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Sep 4, 2018, at 9:59 PM, Rebecca Phillips via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org" class="">green@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Is the League co-sponsoring? If not, it sounds as if what we need is clarification on what constitutes "something of value." Would the FEC really consider our forum to be an impermissible campaign contribution?</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class="">Rebecca</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="Signature" class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, EmojiFont, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", NotoColorEmoji, "Segoe UI Symbol", "Android Emoji", EmojiSymbols; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class="">"If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."-- Cicero</div></div></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="" class=""><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 875.125px;" class=""><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Green <<a href="mailto:green-bounces@fuusm.org" class="">green-bounces@fuusm.org</a>> on behalf of Dawn Hewitt via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org" class="">green@fuusm.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, September 4, 2018 9:50 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Green Sanctuary List for Environment Issues<br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Dawn Hewitt<br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[Green] "Empty Chair Debate" rule?!?</font><div class=""> </div></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Green friends,</div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Uh-oh. Katy Lustofin, president of Friends of Lower Muskingum River, sent me a screenshot of a message she received on Facebook:</div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" class=""><pre class="x_moz-signature" cols="72">-------- Forwarded Message --------</pre><div class="x_moz-forward-container"><table class="x_moz-email-headers-table" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></th><td class="">Candidates Forum</td></tr><tr class=""><th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></th><td class="">Tue, 4 Sep 2018 10:05:05 -0400</td></tr><tr class=""><th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></th><td class="">Matt Halfhill<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="OWAAutoLink x_moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" id="LPlnk656493" href="mailto:halfhill757@gmail.com" previewremoved="true"><halfhill757@gmail.com></a></td></tr><tr class=""><th align="RIGHT" nowrap="nowrap" valign="BASELINE" class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></th><td class="">Katy Lustofin<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="OWAAutoLink x_moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" id="LPlnk204915" href="mailto:ksl002@marietta.edu" previewremoved="true"><ksl002@marietta.edu></a>, Elin W Jones<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="OWAAutoLink x_moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" id="LPlnk293426" href="mailto:elinwjones@suddenlink.net" previewremoved="true"><elinwjones@suddenlink.net></a>,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="OWAAutoLink x_moz-txt-link-abbreviated" id="LPlnk200518" href="mailto:tiffanyharvey95@gmail.com" previewremoved="true">tiffanyharvey95@gmail.com</a>, Doug Albaugh<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="OWAAutoLink x_moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" id="LPlnk567047" href="mailto:dougalbaugh9@gmail.com" previewremoved="true"><dougalbaugh9@gmail.com></a>, muskingumty<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="OWAAutoLink x_moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" id="LPlnk922887" href="mailto:muskingumty@gmail.com" previewremoved="true"><muskingumty@gmail.com></a>, Sam Powell<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a class="OWAAutoLink x_moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" id="LPlnk218860" href="mailto:gsmp3@yahoo.com" previewremoved="true"><gsmp3@yahoo.com></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br class=""><br class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Hello all, <div dir="auto" class="">I wanted to pass on a message we received on Facebook. It looks like something we need to look into. </div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Matt</div></div></div></div><span id="cid:0AE895CC-C56D-4852-A9F7-407A2442F7D2"><Screenshot_2018-09-04-09-56-15.png></span></blockquote><br class=""></div><div class="">Our event has long been billed as a forum, not a debate, but it looks like the League of Women Voters have addressed that, too:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here are links to two of their websites addressing that issue.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk238591" href="http://www.lwvil.org/uploads/1/5/9/8/15985276/3.__empty_chair_debate_policy_2013.pdf" previewremoved="true">http://www.lwvil.org/uploads/1/5/9/8/15985276/3.__empty_chair_debate_policy_2013.pdf</a></div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a class="OWAAutoLink" id="LPlnk436258" href="http://www.lwvsc.org/files/debatefaqsrev2008.pdf" previewremoved="true">http://www.lwvsc.org/files/debatefaqsrev2008.pdf</a><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div>What to do? How to proceed? Did MOVCA in WV allow one federal candidate to participate when the other was a no show?</div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">How to proceed? What to do? Please advise! Thank you!</div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">—dawn</div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">_______________________________________________</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class="">Green mailing list</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""><a href="mailto:Green@fuusm.org" class="">Green@fuusm.org</a></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""><a href="http://fuusm.org/mailman/listinfo/green_fuusm.org" class="">http://fuusm.org/mailman/listinfo/green_fuusm.org</a></span></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>