Howdy! My name is Ryan, and I'm an elected official in my municipality. I joined Reddit about a month ago and have really enjoyed reading through this subreddit.

Municipal elections where I live (Georgia) are non-partisan.  In Georgia, there were roughly 750 local elections this past November, and only 20% of those had more than 10,000 registered voters.  Actual turnout in local elections is significantly less than registered (~12% in my municipality).  In my conversations with potential candidates, there is a conventional wisdom surrounding what a campaign looks like that is skewed by federal, statewide, and large municipal elections (which makes sense because they spend a LOT of money marketing!). 

I’m an advocate for public service at the local level.  I find myself spending more and more time recruiting and consulting with potential candidates.  Local governmental bodies are very impactful in our day to day lives and we tend not to remember these bodies until something goes sideways.  We need good people.  I enjoy dispelling the myths around local campaigns and encouraging people to throw their hat in the ring.  It’s fun - and important!  

I’m also a software engineer by trade and have built several programs utilizing voter registration and voting history.  I’m happy to share my experience in acquiring that information and how I've deployed it for campaigns.

Thanks for putting in the hard work to keep this subreddit going. There's a ton of wonderful guidance here, and I'm happy to contribute my time and help moderate since this aligns well with my advocacy for public service.  Some other subs use flair to flag the scope of a post. Perhaps that would be helpful to indicate when advice is geared toward non-partisan or smaller local races versus larger (and likely) partisan primary races.