Municipal Candidates to Answer Questions at League of Women Voters of Centre County Event

The League of Women Voters of Centre County will host the 2025 Municipal Election Candidates’ Night at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15 in the State College Borough Council Chambers, 243 S. Allen St.  

Each primary and general election, the League invites candidates in contested races on local ballots to participate in a non-partisan format question-and-answer forum. Candidates in the following contested races have been invited to participate in the October event:

• Bellefonte Borough Council Ward 1
• College Township Council
• Ferguson Township Board of Supervisors (At-Large)
• Spring Township Board of Supervisors
• State College Area Board of School Directors

The evening will include an introduction to the event by LWVCC. Each candidate will have 60 seconds to answer each of six questions, with the first to answer rotating among the candidates. Candidates also will have 90 seconds for a closing statement.

Questions — which are not released to candidates prior to the event — are prepared from community input and issues at hand.

“Candidates’ Night provides voters an opportunity to ask their candidates important questions about local issues,” Susan Werner, LWVCC Candidates’ Night chairperson, said in a release.

Questions for the candidates can be submitted to lwvcentrecounty@gmail.com or on the LWVCC website until Oct. 7 or can be submitted at the event. 

Candidates’ Night will be live-streamed and archived on CNET, and will be posted on LWVCC website after the event.