The Voter Interests Project issued a press release on Jul. 8, 2023, announcing our Candidate Interviews 2023 series.
The Voter Interests Project Begins Candidate Interviews 2023 Series
OAK HARBOR, WA – The Voter Interests Project (VIP) has begun releasing video interviews in its Candidate Interviews 2023 series.
“The 2023 elections are local and nonpartisan. We invited sixty-seven candidates, vying for forty-four offices, to do interviews. These are candidates for mayor, city council, school boards, and various special districts around the county. We also have extensive coverage of these elections on our website: voterinterests.com,” said Allen McPheeters, Executive Director of The Voter Interests Project.
VIP is prioritizing the five races that will appear on primary ballots. These include:
- Oak Harbor Mayor,
- Oak Harbor City Council Positions 2 and 4,
- Oak Harbor School District Director, Position 5, and
- Stanwood-Camano School Director-at-Large, Position 5.
VIP will release all interviews in a race once each candidate has responded and expects to have all primary candidate interviews released by July 14, 2023 – the day that ballots arrive in voters’ mailboxes.
“We feel it’s important for voters to hear directly from the candidates,” said McPheeters. “Each interview lasts about a half hour, long enough to discuss issues in depth.”
Voters can watch the interviews on the Voter Interests Project website or its YouTube channel (https://youtube.com/@voterinterests)
ABOUT THE VOTER INTERESTS PROJECT
The Voter Interests Project is a non-partisan news aggregation and voter education project for the voters of Island County, WA. Its mission is to provide information voters need to make informed decisions about candidates and ballot measures. For more information, visit https://voterinterests.com/about-vip.
- CAMANO: Interviews with SCSD Position 5 candidates (July 11, 2023)
- OAK HARBOR: Interviews with Mayor candidates (July 15, 2023)
- OAK HARBOR: Interviews with City Council Position 2 candidates (July 8, 2023)
- OAK HARBOR: Interviews with City Council Position 4 candidates (July 13, 2023)
- OAK HARBOR: Interviews with School Board Director Position 5 candidates (July 16, 2023)
