Islanders asked to send questions for hustings
The States of Alderney by-election, which will fill two vacant seats, will take place on 8 March and four candidates will stand.
The island's government said the event would start at 19:00 GMT at the Island Hall on Thursday.
President William Tate said questions could be emailed to him by the public before 17:00 on Tuesday.
The questions will be read out during the hustings.
The candidates will be Haydn Bateman, Jeannie Cameron, Lin Maurice and Veronica Taylor.
They would also be available in the Island Hall to answer questions before the hustings on a one-on-one basis from 17:30 to 18:45 GMT, the president said.
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