Hoosier voters can now submit questions to the Indiana Debate Commission for consideration to be asked of candidates in the governor’s race and U.S. Senate race. As many as 2,500 free seats will be available at venues across the state of Indiana that have agreed to donate their facilities.

Indiana voters are invited to submit questions on the commission’s website with links to both races from the home page.

For the governor’s race, go to http://indianadebatecommission.com/submit-a-question-gubernatorial-debate/. For the U.S. Senate race, go to http://indianadebatecommission.com/submit-a-question-senatorial-debate/.

Questions are vetted by members of the commission and those who submit may be invited to ask their questions of the candidates in person.

Confirmed dates, times and locations for the gubernatorial debates with Republican Mike Pence, Libertarian Rupert Boneham and Democrat John Gregg are:
*7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, Zionsville Performing Arts Center, live audience – seating up to 1,200.
*7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center, South Bend, live audience – seating up to 840.
*7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, WFWA-TV PBS 39, Fort Wayne, in studio/no live audience.

Tentative dates, times and locations for the U.S. Senate debates with Republican Richard Mourdock, Libertarian Andrew Horning and Democrat Joe Donnelly are:
*7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 15, WFYI-TV, Indianapolis, in studio/no live audience.
*7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, Paul W. Ogle Cultural & Community Center, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, live audience – seating up to 500.

The non-profit commission is the only independent group in the state of Indiana that provides free broadcast satellite feeds for those interested in sharing debates either live or delayed to communities across Indiana.

The commission also provides a live stream on its site for debate events and archives all of the taped debates on its website for later viewing.

Ticket availability, moderators and formats will be announced at a later time. Details for tickets will also be posted on the commission’s website and Facebook.