Franklin County Voter Guide Available to Businesses and Individuals Through the Franklin County Coalition

CONTACT:
Thomas Linzey, Esq.
CELDF
(717) 709-0457

The Voter Guides are the culmination of the efforts by the Franklin County Coalition to poll all candidates for Franklin County Commissioner, Borough Council, and Township Supervisor within the County on seven key issues promoted by the Coalition. The Guides list the forty-five (45) candidates and incumbents running for each office, their answers to the questions, and a letter grade, which compares their responses to the stance of the Franklin County Coalition.

5,000 copies of the Voter Guides have been printed and distributed to member businesses and member nonprofit organizations of the Franklin County Coalition. Distribution of the Voter Guide will also occur throughout the County's polling places on election day.

Bill Payne, Coordinator of the Franklin County Coalition, was pleased with the outcome of the Voter Guide project, stating that "the issues raised by the Coalition - farmland and forestland preservation, recycling, renewable energy, supporting locally owned businesses - represent the concerns of a large section of the population in Franklin County. The response rate - over 60% - clearly shows that candidates and incumbents for local office also realize that these issues have broad appeal to the electorate."

The Franklin County Coalition was formed in 1998 to promote a Sustainable Franklin County. Currently, eleven nonprofit citizen and environmental organizations belong to the Coalition and over thirty locally owned businesses have endorsed the work of the Coalition.

For copies of the Voter Guide, contact the Franklin County Coalition at 530-0764.