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The Pulse to livestream a week of election forums

September 10, 2020 BY

94.7 The Pulse has frequently held forums where people can put questions to election candidates, including this one during the 2019 federal election.

COMMUNITY radio station 94.7 The Pulse will hold a series of council election forums with candidates from across the Geelong region via Zoom in the first week of October, and will broadcast the Q&A-style event live to air and livestream it online.
From October 5, candidates from all the wards in the region’s municipalities will answer questions pre-submitted by the public in a “digital democracy” forum designed to work around the existing COVID-19 restrictions.
The nine forums will be run over five days.
94.7 The Pulse has a long history of providing the Geelong community an opportunity to put forward their questions to electorate candidates at a federal, state, and council level and actively engage in the democratic process to cast an informed vote.
Pulse spokesperson Sam Balazs said a pandemic wasn’t going to stop them from holding the forums.
“These forums are such an important part of the democratic process at a grassroots level. People have a right to ask questions and keep candidates accountable – that’s what these forums are about, and why they must happen.”
The dates and times for each forum are:
October 5
Noon – 1pm: Anglesea/Lorne
1.30pm – 2.30pm: Queenscliffe
October 6
Noon – 1pm: Golden Plains Shire
1.30pm – 2.30pm: Winchelsea
October 7
Noon – 1pm: Kardinia
Noon – 2.30pm: Windemere
October 8
Noon – 1pm: Torquay
1.30pm – 2.30pm – Bellarine
October 9
Noon – 1pm (potentially longer): Brownbill.
Community members are encouraged to submit questions online at 947thepulse.com/councilelectionsforum before October 5.