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

[Dawn Hewitt]

No, the League isn’t co-sponsoring, but the PDFs I linked are intended to provide guidance on the topic to their chapters.

Adeline suggested that we ask Robin Bozian’s advice. I’ll do that right now. —dawn

—dawn

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> On Sep 4, 2018, at 9:59 PM, Rebecca Phillips via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote:
> 
> 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?
> 
> Rebecca
> 
> "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."-- Cicero
> 
> 
> From: Green <green-bounces at fuusm.org> on behalf of Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 9:50 PM
> To: Green Sanctuary List for Environment Issues
> Cc: Dawn Hewitt
> Subject: [Green] "Empty Chair Debate" rule?!?
>  
> 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
>> <Screenshot_2018-09-04-09-56-15.png>
> 
> 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 <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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