Watch footage from the Dartmouth Select Board Candidates Forum held at Southworth Library on Tuesday March 31st. The event lasted 2 hours and the footage is split into 5 video segments. It offers in-depth discussion by four of the candidates for Select Board as they take turns with 2 minute answers to questions from the audience. Below is pt. 1 and 2 embedded here – to see all 5 videos please visit our library’s Vimeo account.
Dartmouth Select Board Meet the Candidates Part One from Dartmouth Public Libraries on Vimeo.Dartmouth Select Board Meet the Candidates Part Two from Dartmouth Public Libraries on Vimeo. |
Dartmouth Public Libraries held a Select Board Candidate Forum Tuesday night March 31st at 7 p.m. in Southworth Library’s Haskell auditorium.
WBSM newsman Jim Phillips served as moderator.
Questions were be posed to the candidates by audience members. The purpose of the event was to foster dialogue and audience interaction with the candidates, allowing for in-depth discussion of the issues.
This format is inspired by Town Hall forums held around the country during last year’s presidential race.
Southworth Library is the polling place for Precinct 8 in Dartmouth. With still a little more than hour left to vote, turnout is significantly higher than usual. At 6:45 pm almost 1500 voters have already cast ballots. A more typical turnout for an election in Precinct 8 is 600-700.