[gbisso]

Can a 501c3 host a canidates forum for local elections. If the 501c3 is not making any endorsements and all the canidates are there to answer questions from the community that the 501c3 service in.

[AK lawyer]

Can a 501c3 host a canidates forum for local elections. If the 501c3 is not making any endorsements and all the canidates are there to answer questions from the community that the 501c3 service in.

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Certain activities or expenditures may not be prohibited depending on the facts and circumstances. For example, certain voter education activities (including presenting public forums and publishing voter education guides) conducted in a non-partisan manner do not constitute prohibited political campaign activity. In addition, other activities intended to encourage people to participate in the electoral process, such as voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives, would not be prohibited political campaign activity if conducted in a non-partisan manner.
... " 501(c) organization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia