All the Austin Chambers of Commerce are partnering to put on candidate forums for the Austin City Council races that are happening in November.

The forums will be open to all candidates who complete the candidate questionnaire. The forums will be hosted across the city over the course of the next two months.

These forums are a partnership between the Greater Austin, Austin LGBT, Greater Austin Hispanic, Greater Austin Asian, Greater Austin Black, and the Austin Young Chambers of Commerce to ensure the business community in Austin has an opportunity to hear from all of the candidates seeking office. All events are open to the public.

Council Districts that will be electing Council Members are Districts 1, 3, 5, 8, 9 and the entire City of Austin will be electing the Mayor. The forums for the districts and mayor are being held:

Mayor: Monday, September. 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Austin Central Library (710 W. Cesar Chavez St.)
District 1: Thursday, October 6 at 6:30 p.m. at ACC Eastview Campus (3401 Webberville Rd.)
District 3: Tuesday, October 18 at 5:30 p.m. at St. Edward’s University (3001 S. Congress Ave.)
District 5: Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 5:30 p.m. at Ann Richards School for Women Leaders (2309 Panther Trail)
District 8: Friday, Sept. 23 at 5:30 p.m. at Clint Small Middle School (4801 Monterey Oaks Blvd)
District 9: Thursday, Sept. 29 at 6:00 p.m. at ACC Rio Grande (1212 Rio Grande St.)

Early voting begins on Monday, October 24 and Election Day is Thursday, November 8.

Resources for voting, information on the candidates, and more details about the forums are available at KeepAustinVoting.com.