The debate is open to the public and the press, and will be carried live on Beaconcast.com IPTV as a pay-per view event for those who cannot attend.

The debate will be 90 minutes in length and broken down into two 45-minute sessions.

OPENING AND CLOSING STATEMENTS

The first session will commence with a 3-minute opening statement by each candidate. Order will be selected by random drawing.

The second session will conclude with a 2-minute closing statement by each candidate. The candidate who delivered the first opening statement will deliver the last closing statement. There will be a coin flip to decide the order of the other two candidates for the closing statement order of first and second.

A FIVE-MINUTE INTERMISSION WILL DIVIDE THE TWO DEBATE SESSIONS

Each 45-minute question and answer session will consist of six questions posed by the moderators, John Fredericks of Beacon Media and Joel Aaron of WGKA- 920-AM Radio.

This means a minimum of 12 questions will be asked of the candidates during the evening, 6 per session.

The first 3 questions in the first segment will be the decision of the moderators.

The next three questions will be posed by each candidate to one of the other candidates directly. Potentially, one candidate may get two of the three questions posed by other two. Preferably, each candidate will get one question, but the rules will not mandate that scenario.

The next 6 questions in the second segment will come from the audience. All attendees will have the opportunity to write out questions for specific candidates and submit them at the intermission, on the forms provided. The moderators will then choose the next 6 questions from those received from the audience.

QUESTION AND ANSWER SEGMENTS

When candidate A receives a question from the moderators, he/she will have 90 seconds to answer.

After that, candidates B and C will each get 60 seconds to make their own points.

Candidate A will then have 30 seconds to respond to what candidates B and C said, or to make another point. This means the candidate who is asked the question gets both the first and last word.

The next question will go to candidate B, and he/she will get 90 seconds to answer. The other two candidates will then have 60 seconds to make their points, followed by a final response by candidate B for 30 seconds, and so forth.

Candidates will be asked a minimum of 2 questions each per session.

CHALLENGE FLAGS

Each candidate will be given two green challenge flags during the 90- minute debate. If a candidate chooses to use one of their two green challenge flags, the challenging candidate will have an additional 45-seconds to respond to anything or make another point at any time in the debate, except after opening or closing statements. If a candidate has green flags remaining at the end of the debate, they may use each flag to lengthen their closing statement by 45 seconds for each flag remaining if they so choose.

Theoretically, a challenge to a challenge to a challenge could occur. Once a candidate has utilized their two challenge flags, they cannot challenge again.

For example, if candidate C is asked a question, he/she will have 90 seconds to answer. After A and B respond in their 60 second time frames, candidate C will finish off the question with his/her 30 second response (as outlined in the first two question and answer segments above). At that point, if candidate A wanted to challenge and get the last word in, they may utilize one of their challenges flags and have 45 seconds to do so. Then candidate B or C could challenge that, and so forth.