Candidate Forums: What Happened This Past Week. What’s Happening This Weekend.

By Kietryn Zychal

Fourteen candidates running for office appeared at a town hall forum organized by Preston Love at the Fabric Lab on Tuesday. Ja Keen Fox moderated the event. If you missed Tuesday’s forum, you still have a chance to see a debate between the two Democratic candidates running for U.S. Representative in CD-2, looking to unseat Republican incumbent Don Bacon. Alisha Shelton and Tony Vargas will be at Culxr House, 3014 N. 24th St. on Sat. Apr. 23 from 1 - 3 p.m.

NOISE live-streamed Tuesday’s two-hour forum on Facebook. A list of the 14 candidates who participated in the forum and their campaign websites is below. (Two candidate websites were not available at press time.)

How to register and vote

Omaha’s primary election is Tuesday, May 10. Check your polling place at the Douglas County Election Commission website.

Some polls in North Omaha have moved. Joslyn Castle, Joy of Life Faith Ministries, Morning Star Baptist Church, and the Salvation Army on Cuming St. are all polling places in 2022. Polling places that were eliminated include Girls Inc., Kellom Elementary School, Miller Park Pavilion, and the Starlight Chateau. A new polling place in North Omaha is the Tabernacle of Faith Church. Here’s a list of all polling places for the primary.

The last day to register to vote online with your Nebraska driver’s license or at a public library is Friday, Apr. 22. You can register in person until Monday, May 2 at 6 p.m. at the Election Commission office, 12220 W. Center Rd., located in the northwest corner of Bel Air Plaza at 120th and Center. You may also request a vote-by-mail ballot by Monday, May 2 at 6 p.m.

Election Commissioner Brian Kruse reminds voters that they must sign the envelope in order for their ballot to be counted. Ballots can be mailed or placed in a drop box until polls close at 8 p.m. on May 10. Locations of drop boxes are listed on the Election Commission website.

Postage required to mail two ballots is 58 cents, and for three ballots it is 78 cents.