Why you should vote for me.

Bluffton voters have an opportunity to hear Bluffton council candidates offer their views on village issues in a candidate forum next week.

The forum is from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the third floor of the Bluffton town hall.

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Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce, Allen and Hardin for Election Action and Democracy (AHEAD), and the Bluffton Icon sponsor the forum.

Lisa Robeson of Bluffton, professor of English and chairperson of the Department of English at Ohio Northern University, is the forum moderator.  She is also a member of AHEAD.

Voters have an opportunity to provide questions to candidates on Tuesday. Questions may be emailed in advance to: blufftonchamber@gmail.com.

Four candidates will be elected on Tuesday, Nov. 7, for four-year terms beginning Jan. 1, 2018. Candidates on the ballot are:

* Incumbents

* Sean Burrell
Jerry Cupples
Mitch Kingsley
* Ralph Miller
Tony Pinks
Benjamin Stahl
David Steiner
* Phill Talavinia
* Roger Warren
Deborah Weihrauch

The Bluffton Icon will post its council candidate interviews on Friday. Those interviews will be on the Icon homepage over the weekend.