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President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will face off in a town hall as part of three campaign debates set for this fall.
In the Oct. 16 town hall at Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y., “citizens will ask questions of the candidates on foreign and domestic issues,” the Commission on Presidential Debates announced today. “Candidates each will have two minutes to respond and an additional minute for the moderator to facilitate a discussion.”
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The commission said town meeting participants will consist of “undecided voters selected by the Gallup Organization.”
The first of the three 90-minute debates will be Oct. 3 at the University of Denver and will be devoted to domestic policy. The third and final debate will take place Oct. 22 at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla., and will deal with foreign policy.
The vice presidential candidates will face off Oct. 11 at Centre College in Danville, Ky.
All of the debates will be moderated by a single individual and will be broadcast from 9 to 10:30 p.m. ET. The moderators will be selected and announced in August.
The candidates will not be allowed to make opening statements but will have two minutes for closing statements.
The announcement:
Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. and Michael D. McCurry, co‐chairmen of the non‐partisan, non‐profit Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), today announced formats for the presidential and vice presidential debates that feature extended discussion of major issues to be announced in advance.
The formats for the 90‐minute debates are as follows:
First presidential debate (October 3, 2012, University of Denver, Denver, Colo.): The debate will focus on domestic policy and be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on topics to be selected by the moderator and announced several weeks before the debate.
The moderator will open each segment with a question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the topic.
Vice presidential debate (October 11, 2012, Centre College, Danville, Ky.): The debate will cover both foreign and domestic topics and be divided into nine time segments of approximately 10 minutes each. The moderator will ask an opening question, after which each candidate will have two minutes to respond. The moderator will use the balance of the time in the segment for a discussion of the question.
Second presidential debate (October 16, 2012, Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y.): The second presidential debate will take the form of a town meeting, in which citizens will ask questions of the candidates on foreign and domestic issues. Candidates each will have two minutes to respond, and an additional minute for the moderator to facilitate a discussion. The town meeting participants will be undecided voters selected by the Gallup Organization.
Third presidential debate (October 22, Lynn University, Boca Raton, Fla.): The format for the debate will be identical to the first presidential debate and will focus on foreign policy.
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