[Green] "Empty Chair Debate" rule?!?

[Dawn Hewitt]

Dear Green friends,

Uh-oh. Katy Lustofin, president of Friends of Lower Muskingum River, sent me a screenshot of a message she received on Facebook:

> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject:	Candidates Forum
> Date:	Tue, 4 Sep 2018 10:05:05 -0400
> From:	Matt Halfhill <halfhill757 at gmail.com> <mailto:halfhill757 at gmail.com>
> To:	Katy Lustofin <ksl002 at marietta.edu> <mailto:ksl002 at marietta.edu>, Elin W Jones <elinwjones at suddenlink.net> <mailto:elinwjones at suddenlink.net>,tiffanyharvey95 at gmail.com <mailto:tiffanyharvey95 at gmail.com>, Doug Albaugh <dougalbaugh9 at gmail.com> <mailto:dougalbaugh9 at gmail.com>, muskingumty<muskingumty at gmail.com> <mailto:muskingumty at gmail.com>, Sam Powell <gsmp3 at yahoo.com> <mailto:gsmp3 at yahoo.com>
> 
> Hello all, 
> I wanted to pass on a message we received on Facebook.  It looks like something we need to look into. 
> 
> Matt

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:

Here are links to two of their websites addressing that issue.

http://www.lwvil.org/uploads/1/5/9/8/15985276/3.__empty_chair_debate_policy_2013.pdf <http://www.lwvil.org/uploads/1/5/9/8/15985276/3.__empty_chair_debate_policy_2013.pdf>

http://www.lwvsc.org/files/debatefaqsrev2008.pdf

What to do?  How to proceed?  Did MOVCA in WV allow one federal candidate to participate when the other was a no show?

How to proceed? What to do?  Please advise! Thank you!

—dawn

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