What questions do you have for 2023 WA local election candidates?

Hello Crosscut readers, what’s on your mind? What questions do you want us to ask the candidates for the local elections in your city? What do you need to know before deciding how to mark your ballot for the Nov. 7 election?

Crosscut’s election coverage is inspired by The Citizens Agenda. Instead of just letting candidates set the campaign agenda, we ask the public what issues they want candidates to talk about on the campaign trail.

We will be asking each candidate mentioned in our voter guide two questions. This is where we need your help. Please submit your ideas here for what you think those questions should be. The best questions require candidates to share a specific idea on how to address the challenges unique to your community. Please stay away from questions they can answer with a yes or no.

Instead of attending a public forum where you may hope to get your questions answered, ask them in a much bigger room, where the answers can be seen by everyone who visits the Crosscut voter guide. Become part of Crosscut’s citizens agenda and help yourself as well as your neighbors.

The general election voter guide will be posted in mid-October.