An Opportunity For Civic Involvement
We've been asked by the folks over at 10Questions to solicit the help of the Ricochet community in submitting questions to ask candidates running in 46 of the nation's most competitive midterm races because they're severely lacking conservative voices in formulating the questions. Here are more details:
On September 21st, the top 10 questions in each race will be submitted to the candidates, who will respond via YouTube. This is part of an experiment called 10Questions, a project of the Personal Democracy Forum (with generous support from the James S. and John L. Knight Foundation).
Go to 10Questions.com, select your state, pick a race, and ask the candidates anything. Mobilize your community to vote on your question and others. On September 21st the top 10 questions in each race will be submitted to the candidates. In the final weeks before Election Day, you'll then have the opportunity to vote on whether or not the candidates answered your questions.
From a nonpartisan standpoint, this is a system that's built to reward substantive and thoughtful questions as well as responses — in addition to the criteria for voting on answers, there's also no time limit to the responses from candidates, and the candidates are explaining their positions directly to voters, not exactly in competition with one another.
Head on over to 10Questions and submit some tough questions!
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May '10
Re: An Opportunity For Civic Involvement
Bah! I was excited until I realized Texas isn't included.
It's a good idea, though. Thanks.
Jun '10
Re: An Opportunity For Civic Involvement
...and bring your questions back here as well?
Re: An Opportunity For Civic Involvement
I created a list of 20 questions this summer for candidates to answer, called the Conservatism Test For Candidates.
The questions are here. Feel free to use any or all of them.
Edited on Sep 15, 2010 at 11:14amRe: An Opportunity For Civic Involvement
Yes! And bring your questions back here to share with everyone!