Seattle, your civic duty is calling! Ballots were mailed for the August 4 primary today, which means you have 19 days to figure out how you should vote.
We’ve put a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into making your job easy for you. But if our endorsements aren’t enough, we’ve also made it easy for you to figure out how to see the candidates in the flesh—because every debate, forum, and candidate appearance is in our politics calendar!
How is this useful? Let’s say you live in District 3 and want to vote for Kshama Sawant because you agree with her rent control policies, but you want to hear about them for yourself. In our politics calendar, you’ll find out that she’s having a debate on the subject next Monday, and we have all the details.
Or maybe you live in North Seattle, and you think Debora Juarez is so cool that you want to meet her in person. Now you can, because she’s having a Community Business Meet and Greet tomorrow, and there will be free beer.
Or maybe you just don’t understand what the city council even does in the first place. Wonder no more—the entire city council public meeting schedule is in our calendar, so you can get yourself downtown and find out.
Unlike politicians, though, we’re willing to admit our mistakes. If we’re missing a debate, a forum, a candidate appearance, or even a protest, just send us an email at calendar@thestranger.com, and we’ll try to get it in there ASAP. This is change you can count on.
The election is August 4 (if you forget, it’s also in our calendar), but the fun doesn’t stop then. Our politics calendar is going to be a permanent fixture, so you have no excuse to be uninformed anymore.