The League of Women Voters of Broward County and the Coral Springs "Customer Involved Government Committee" is offering you a chance to listen live to the incumbents and challengers in two Broward congressional districts.

The "Congressional Candidate Forum" will be held 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Coral Springs Center for the Arts, 2855 Coral Springs Drive, Coral Springs. Interest in the event has increased following the absence of Democratic incumbents at a Palm Beach County forum last week. The incumbents remained in Washington to vote on the Wall Street bailout.

U.S. Rep. Robert Wexler, D-Boca Raton, Republican challenger Ed Lynch and independent Ben Graber are running in the 19th Congressional District. They will be joined at the "Congressional Candidate Forum" by U.S. Rep. Ron Klein, D-Boca Raton, and his Republican challenger, Allen West, who will contest the 22nd District.

Wexler's district covers parts of Coral Springs, Margate, Deerfield Beach, Pompano Beach, and Coconut Creek mostly west of I95. District #22, Klein's district, covers parts of Deerfield Beach, Coconut Creek, Oakland Park, Cooper City, Boca Raton, Parkland, Coral Springs, Davie, Plantation and Ft. Lauderdale, mostly along the coast but inland in certain communities.

The event is just one of the activities of the League of Women Voters during election time, said Stephanie Pearson. "We have a very active speakers bureau. Our speaking engagements address the 16 ballot amendments - both state and county. We do take positions on issues but only after studying them and arriving at a consensus. We have earned a name for being thoughtful and non partisan."

"We do a lot of work during election time; we encourage informed and active participation of citizens in government,," Pearson said. "Our members are interested in politics, no question about that, but none of the leaders are allowed to work for political parties."

For information about the Forum, call Stephanie Pearson at 954-752-2713.