Join the next 'Elections Unfiltered' event in Old Brooklyn

As this year’s municipal elections approach, Cleveland VOTES and Signal Cleveland are hosting the first in a series of “unfiltered” community conversations to understand and amplify resident priorities.

The nonprofits will also gather and answer questions from community members about campaign promises of incumbents and candidates and provide basic information that residents need to be prepared to vote n during the elections this fall.

Join us for “Elections Unfiltered: Promises, Power + Politics” on Aug. 13 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. with a gathering hosted at 787 Market and Cafe at 6105 Memphis Ave. in Cleveland.

We’re looking to hear from people who live in or have ties to the following neighborhoods. (Not your neighborhood? Look for future events across the city.)

Old Brooklyn
Brooklyn Centre
Clark-Fulton
Stockyards

The organizations will also partner to keep voters informed so they can register, cast ballots and make sure they have needed information on voting laws, ward maps and polling locations.

Cleveland City Council contenders

More than 40 candidates are currently running for a council seat. That includes current council members and candidates who have filed to run.

In wards where there are more than two candidates on the ballot, there will be a primary election on Sept. 9 and then the two top vote getters will face off on Nov. 4. For wards with two or fewer candidates, voters will select a candidate on Nov. 4.

New ward maps, approved by a vote of council earlier this year, whittled the size of council from 17 members to 15. (A charter amendment passed by voters in 2008 ties the number of council seats to the number of residents. Based on U.S. Census numbers from 2020, Cleveland’s population dipped to 372,624.)

So far, Mayor Justin Bibb, who is currently finishing his first term, and LaVerne Jones Gore, from the Hough neighborhood, are running for mayor.

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