Decision 2008 Schedule

Election Dates to Remember

•November 4, Election Day

•Presidential Debate Schedule

First debate

Sept. 26 at University of Mississippi, 8 pm

Topic: Foreign policy and national security

Moderator: Jim Lehrer of PBS

Staging: Podiums

Format: Broken into nine 9-minute segments. The moderator will introduce a topic and allow each candidate two minutes to comment, then facilitate a discussion for the remaining five minutes.

Second debate

Oct. 7 at Belmont University in Nashville, 8 pm

Moderator: Tom Brokaw of NBC

Staging: Town hall

Format: The moderator will call on members of the audience (and draw questions from the Internet). Each candidate will have two minutes to respond to each question. Following those initial answers, the moderator will invite the candidates to respond to the previous answers, for a total of one minute.

Third debate

Oct. 15 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., 8 pm

Topic: Domestic and economic policy

Moderator: Bob Schieffer of CBS

Staging: Seated at a table

Format: Same as first presidential debate, plus each candidate will get a 90-second closing statement.

•Vice Presidential Debate

October 2 at Washington University (St. Louis), 8 pm

Moderator: Gwen Ifill of PBS

All topics

•Wisconsin Assembly District 1

League of Women Voters Listening Session on School Funding

Oct. 22 at the Sturgeon Bay High School Auditorium

6:30 – 8:30 pm

Listening sessions for Assembly District 1 race between Republican incumbent Garey Bies and Democratic challenger Dick Skare.

Data regarding the financial stressors of local school districts

will be shared. School representatives, the public, and WAES will have the opportunity to share both their concerns and recommendations about school funding.