Presidential candidates: Green Party's Jill Stein, Republican Donald Trump, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Libertarian Gary Johnson
Presidential candidates: Green Party’s Jill Stein, GOP’s Donald Trump, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Libertarian Gary Johnson

Should San Diegans approve a 6 percent hotel-room tax to pay for a downtown football stadium and Convention Center project? Should the county’s five congressional incumbents be returned to Washington?

And how about City Council, school board and special district elections all over the region?

Why let the media pundits have all the fun? You can have your say with an opinion piece in Times of San Diego, which reached 2.3 million people in 2015.

We invite candidates, their supporters and advocates/critics of state and local ballot measures to share their best reasoned thoughts with our readers.

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