Helllloooooo, voter!

Are you hyped up for the return of the political season in Humboldt County? Maybe you’re not. But whether or no, we’re doing this thing and that means it’s time for the relaunch of LoCO Elections, your Lost Coast Outpost sub-site in which you may put questions to the candidates for office and read all about their latest accomplishments and such.

LoCO Elections has been really popular almost every year we’ve done it, especially during and after the pandemic, and candidates who have availed themselves of it have generally found it worth their while. If this is your first time around or you need a refresher, the how-to’s of LoCO Elections can be found at this link. Basically, candidates – or some of them, anyway – are standing by waiting for questions from you, the Lost Coast Outpost readership.

Are you curious about what a judge does, or what makes one person more qualified to be a judge than another person? Both candidates for the District One chair – incumbent Gregory Kreis and challenger April Van Dyke – are signed up and would love to hear from you. You more interested in the Board of Supervisors races? All the candidates for the Fortuna/SoHum Second District are registered – Michelle Bushnell, Jeana McClendon and Brian Roberts — as is First District Challenger Gordon Clatworthy. (If you’re a candidate who is not signed up yet, shoot me an email — hank@lostcoastoutpost.com — and I’ll set you up with an account.)

What’s next for LoCO Elections, apart from those candidates’ press releases and their answers to your questions? We’re going to try to sign up people to take the pro- and anti- positions on Measure A, the Cannabis Reform Initiative, so that you can put your questions about that as well. We’ll also stick debate schedules and such on the LoCO Elections main page when those are finalized. And once candidates start providing answers to questions, we’ll stick a selection of them on the Outpost home page every morning to help you keep track.

OK! Get going! Ask your questions of the candidates … on LoCO Elections!