Presidential Debate 2012 Schedule: Town Meeting Format for Second Debate; Undecided Voters to Ask Obama, Romney Questions (POLL)

With the vice presidential debate over, the focus returns to the next presidential debate set for Tuesday, Oct. 16.

The second presidential debate will be very different compared to the first presidential debate and the vice presidential debate.

The second debate will still have a length of 90-minutes and will start at 9 p.m. EDT, but it will be the people asking the questions, not the moderator.

The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) selected CNN's Chief Political Correspondent and State of the Union anchor Candy Crowley to moderate the debate.

According to the CPD, the second debate will take the form of a town hall meeting "in which citizens will ask questions of the candidates on foreign and domestic issues.

After the citizen asks the question, the candidates have two minutes to respond. An additional minute will be provided by Crowley in order to have a discussion between President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Mitt Romney.

The citizens asking the questions will be undecided voters and selected by the Gallup Organization, according to the CPD.

Expectations are heavy following the consensus that Romney won the first debate and polls showing Romney either tying Obama or a narrow lead in battleground states.

The second presidential debate will be live from Hempstead, New York.

Tom Brokaw of NBC News moderated the previous town hall meeting debate in 2008 from Nashville, Tennessee.