A Graceville City Commission candidate forum was held at the Graceville Civic Center on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at 6pm, as seen in the video (below).
The public was invited and encouraged to attend. The candidate forum idea was born out of the need for a larger turn out of voters for the April 14, 2026, city election.
In the 2025 election there were 1104 eligible voters and only 253 people voted. In a 2022 election there were 1275 eligible voters and only 228 voted. Therefor the candidate forum was organized to give candidates the opportunity to present their views and a panel of citizens to raise questions and dialogue with the candidates. The panel consisted of Annuel Franklin, Don Graham, Dr. Robin Jumper, Dezi Pearce and Shanell Ward.
The forum video is courtesy of The Graceville News Facebook page through the Live Feed that evening.