Fast Facts: Commission on Presidential Debates Announces Sites, Dates, Formats and Candidate Selection Criteria for 2008 General Election

The dates and sites are:
+ First presidential debate: Friday, September 26 University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS

+ Vice presidential debate: Thursday, October 2 Washington University in St. Louis, MO

+ Second presidential debate: Tuesday, October 7 Belmont University, Nashville, TN

+ Third presidential debate: Wednesday, October 15 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY

The two backup sites are Centre College in Danville, KY and Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC.

The Commission also announced formats for the debates.
All debates will be ninety minutes in length and start at 9:00 p.m. ET.
Each debate will be administered by a single moderator.

Additional info in the news release.

See Also: Commission on Presidential Debates Web Site

See Also: Presidential Debate History

See Also: CPD Announces 2008 Debate Host Applicants (April, 2007)

Source: Commission on Presidential Debates

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