Quote Originally Posted by Pithor View Post
Kind of a strange sentiment, 'even if it's just for city council'. It seems to be pretty much the same everywhere: local elections, due to their lack of political "sex appeal" I guess, are vastly underestimated.

As an aside, being a foreigner in Finland local elections are the only elections I to vote on.
I see your point. Sadly, local elections rarely draw a significant turnout in my town and success has more to do with popularity and name recognition than qualifications. I'm going to a zoning meeting tonight so maybe they will surprise me.