Flint southsiders vote at Freeman Elementary on Election Day 2020. For 2 hours in the afternoon, the neighborhood including the school lost power. There was no disturbance in the voting process, but voters had to use the flashlights on their smart phones for illumination at the booths. (KT Kanazawich | Flint Beat)

Flint, MI–The Flint City Council Candidate Forum for Flint’s seventh ward is now live.

You can see what the candidates have to say about their community here.

All candidates were asked the same questions about how they would serve the city–from addressing crime and blight to how they would balance the budget.

You can check out candidate forums from wards 1-6 at our elections page here.

Scott Atkinson has been reporting on Flint for more than fifteen years. He spent several years as a reporter for The Flint Journal and is the editor of "Happy Anyway: A Flint Anthology," a collection of...