It’s that time of year again!
Yes, the coming of spring in an even-numbered year means that it’s time once again to re-launch LoCO Elections, the website where you, a citizen, can put your questions to the people who would like to represent you in governmental office.
This is a primary election, so we’re talking about county offices, here — representatives on the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors, the county’s Superintendent of Schools, its Treasurer-Tax Collector, and so on. The races at the city level will come this fall.
It’s not a terribly action-packed season, all things considered. Only two of the offices up for election are contested — the race for Assessor and for supervisor from the Fifth District — but even some candidates running unopposed have signaled their intention to participate.
How does LoCO Elections work? You can read this complete explainer written 12 years ago, amazingly, for a full rundown. Here’s the short version: You submit a question for one or more candidates for office. Outpost staff checks to see if you are not just trolling, and then, if you are not, approves your question for publication. People may upvote your question if they wish to signal to the candidate that it’s a question they would like to see answered. The candidate, then, hopefully, answers it, and you and everyone else reads that answer. Pretty simple!
In addition, the candidate can post press releases from his or her campaign to communicate with the readership directly, cutting LoCO gatekeepers out of the loop.
OK! We’ve got both candidates for Fifth District Supervisor, the county’s marquee race, all signed up and ready to go. Several other candidates are also standing by. We send out an invitation email to all candidates; if you’re one of those and you didn’t receive your invite, just drop us a line at news@lostcoastoutpost.com and we’ll hook you up.
One final note: The Outpost does not accept endorsement letters-to-the-editor, because they are boring. However: As in years past, we will soon open the floor for endorsement limericks. Not yet, though — it’s too early in the cycle to submit everyone to that pain.
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