Pits n Pots is asking for all candidates standing in the Stoke-on-Trent Local Election on May 6 for 500 words about their campaign, the issues that are going to fight and their reasons for standing.
Any submissions from candidates will be published on the site for all voters to read.
Tony Walley, founder of Pits n Pots said, ‘we are contacting as many candidates standing in the local election as we can and asking them to write 500 words about their campaign, their values and what they are standing for. We are then going to publish all the submissions we receive without any editing so the electorate can read the information exactly as it was written by the candidate.
We feel it is important in this local election that we give all candidates the chance to get their manifestos, their issues and their reasons for standing on-line and in front of as many people as possible.’
Tony Continued, ‘by publishing without editing, people will be reading exactly what the candidates want them to read rather than them answering questions that I think people will want to hear the answers to. We hope this will then promote some discussion in each of the wards and we can then ask candidates for interviews where they can answer questions that have been raised on the site based on their 500 words.’
Pits n Pots has tonight sent out the first batch of E-mails asking candidates for their 500 words. The first batch mainly consists of serving councillors as their contact details are easy to find as well as a number of other candidates who we have contact details for.
If you are a candidate in the local election please do get in touch with us so we can get your 500 words on the site.