Join us for 2 online candidate forums this week
Tuesday (tonight) with school board candidates, Thursday with Charlotte City Council candidates
Hear directly from the candidates who want to lead Charlotte and our schools
The Charlotte Ledger, in partnership with QCity Metro and The Election Hub, is hosting two free virtual candidate forums this week — a chance for voters to hear directly from the people who want to represent them on the Charlotte City Council and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.
These online events make it easy to get informed about the choices on your ballot from the comfort of your home!
Over Zoom, moderators Tony Mecia of The Charlotte Ledger and Glenn Burkins of QCity Metro will ask questions of candidates in each race for City Council and school board.
🎥 Video available afterward: We’ll record the sessions and release them afterward on YouTube, in case you can’t make it.
The forums are:
CMS Board of Education Candidate Forum
🗓 Tuesday, October 21, 2025 — 6-7 p.m. Tentative schedule:
District 1 (northern Mecklenburg), 6:05-6:20
District 2 (western Mecklenburg), 6:20-6:25
District 4 (eastern Mecklenburg), 6:25-6:40
District 5 (south Charlotte/Matthews), 6:40-6:50
District 6 (south Charlotte/Steele Creek), 6:50-7:05
➡️ Register here to attend and receive your Zoom link.
Charlotte City Council Candidate Forum
🗓 Thursday, October 23, 2025 — 6-7 p.m. Tentative schedule:
At-large: 6:05-6:30
District 3 (west Charlotte): 6:30-6:43
District 6 (south Charlotte): 6:43-7:00
➡️ Register here to attend and receive your Zoom link.
These conversations are designed to help voters go beyond campaign slogans and to enhance understanding of real issues — and learn how candidates plan to tackle the challenges facing Charlotte and local public schools.
About our partners on these virtual candidate forums:
The Election Hub is a non-partisan, free resource whose mission is to help voters get clear, unbiased information about local elections and candidates. It is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
QCity Metro is a Charlotte media outlet that provides news, information and commentary from a Black perspective.
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🇺🇸 The Election Hub has all the info you need to cast an informed vote
Early voting continues this week for the Nov. 4 election — and The Election Hub is back and loaded with straightforward, helpful and easy-to-read information on every candidate in Mecklenburg County, from school board to city and town councils (plus info on the transit tax referendum).
And for the first time, through a partnership with the Gaston Business Association, it includes information on candidates in Gastonia, Belmont and Mount Holly.
Once a part of The Charlotte Ledger, The Election Hub is now a standalone 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen democracy by making it easy for every citizen to find, understand and act on clear, nonpartisan information about what is on their ballot.
➡️ Check out information on the election and candidates here.
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