Listen, I get it. It can be really hard to care about local elections. Especially when they’re still months away. Especially especially when you don’t totally understand what’s happening. I’m here to help. See that map? Put it on your fridge, take a photo of it. This stuff is going to be important.
Last time you voted for members of the Seattle City Council, you were presented with just a few candidates, who were running for seats representing the whole damn city. That meant that no matter where you lived, you could vote for whichever among the council’s nine seats were up for grabs that year. (And you are registered to vote, right? If not, you need to get on that right now at vote.wa.gov.) That free-love nonsense will never happen again. There are rules now.
