Candidates for Snohomish County executive, county council and the Lynnwood City Council will appear at a forum Wednesday in Lynnwood.
The event is scheduled for 6:30 to 8:45 p.m. Wednesday at the Lynnwood Library, 19200 44th Ave. W., Lynnwood.
Candidates attending will be the five candidates running for county executive in the Aug. 4 primary; the two candidates for county council in Council District 2, which includes Everett and Mukilteo; all candidates for four Lynnwood council positions, including the two positions that will appear on the August primary ballot and two positions that will appear only on the Nov. 3 general-election ballot.
The primary for county executive will narrow the field to two for November.
Democratic County Councilwoman Stephanie Wright, who is running unopposed to represent Lynnwood, Edmonds, Woodway and nearby unincorporated areas of Council District 3, has said that she will not be there.
Two Lynnwood council positions will appear on the primary ballot because they have three candidates each. Two others will appear only on the November ballot because they have only two candidates each.
A representative of the sponsoring League of Women Voters said recently that since voters will get ballots and voters’ pamphlets before the Lynnwood event, the League recommends that voters read their pamphlets before the forum and wait to mark ballots after the forum.
County elections officials sent voters pamphlets by bulk mail to all residential addresses in the county Wednesday, July 15, and ballots by first-class mail to all registered voters Thursday, July 16.
The League is joining the county elections division, Sno-Isle Libraries and the American Association of University Women in sponsoring the event.
Evan Smith can be reached at schsmith@frontier.com.
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