town hall

noun

Definition of town hall

1 : a public building used for town-government offices and meetings

2 : an event at which a public official or political candidate addresses an audience by answering questions posed by individual members Town halls have lost some of their spontaneity. The 80 or so undecided voters chosen for Tuesday's event must submit their questions in advance and moderator Candy Crowley of CNN will decide which people to call on.— Connie Cass

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Only those candidates who have qualified for the official third Democratic debate have been invited to participate in CNN’s town hall. — Natasha Bach, Fortune, "Ten 2020 Candidates Will Debate in CNN’s Climate Crisis Debate Next Week. Here’s Where They Stand," 31 Aug. 2019 The setting was a town hall meeting about health care. — Author: Matt Viser, Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, "As he campaigns for president, Joe Biden tells a moving but false war story," 29 Aug. 2019 At the town hall event, about 200 people on filled a second-floor meeting room at Lynx Central Station in downtown Orlando to offer suggestion or gripe about roads, buses and trains. — Stephen Hudak, orlandosentinel.com, "Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings stumps for penny sales tax for transportation," 22 Aug. 2019 Stephanie Oyen sported short blond hair, glasses, and a blue blazer at a town hall event at Macalester College knowing that her attire would resemble the presidential candidate's style. — Fox News, "Warren has a spot-on lookalike she met face-to-face," 21 Aug. 2019 Monday’s event drew more than 100 people for an immigration conversation at First Church West Hartford, followed by a candlelight march to the steps of West Hartford’s town hall. — Emily Brindley, courant.com, "Religious groups unite in West Hartford against Trump immigration policies," 20 Aug. 2019 Democratic presidential candidates such as former congressman John Delaney praise CNN for hosting some 25 town hall events to date, far more than rivals MSNBC and Fox News. — Jeremy Barr, The Hollywood Reporter, "CNN's 2020 Strategy: Betting on Live Events With a Touch of "Game Show" Theatrics," 30 July 2019 In New Hampshire, volunteers with the American Civil Liberties Union appear at town hall events to press candidates to end the cash bail system and cut incarceration rates in half. — New York Times, "Why Democrats Are So Far From Consensus on 2020," 28 July 2019 The campaign tells CBS News campaign reporters Musadiq Bidar and Adam Brewster, Bedell will make introductory remarks for Warren before her town hall event tomorrow afternoon in Sioux City, Iowa. — Caitlin Conant, CBS News, "2020 Daily Trail Markers: 20 Democrats make the cut for second debate," 17 July 2019

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