Thank you for your interest in our questionnaire! BLM B-town’s Political Outreach and Accountability committee crafted eight questions we hope will raise public awareness about how the policies and positions of current primary candidates for City Council, the Mayor’s Office, and the Clerk’s Office will affect the lives and well-being of people of color in our community.

In April 2019 all primary candidates received a questionnaire covering issues vitally important to the black community’s health and well-being. Black Lives Matter has evaluated and rated each candidate’s responses for voters. Full responses from all candidates are available below unedited and without commentary. These assessments are provided to voters for informational purposes. Black Lives Matter does NOT endorse specific candidates. 

Long form "In Depth" Voters guide [Click HERE]
Short form "At the Polls" Voters guide [Click HERE]
Candidate Questionnaire & Candidate Answers (unedited no commentary) [Click HERE]

Assessment Breakdown

Candidates responses were evaluated based whether they showed a specific knowledge about issues of structural racism in our community, a clear interest in combating these structures, and self-awareness of the candidate’s own positionality with regard to race. These assessments are provided to voters for informational purposes. Below are the value statements we used to determine our grades. A group of Core Council and BLM members judged candidates platforms, experience, and questionnaire answers, to determine whether they "Strongly agreed," "Agreed," "Disagreed," "Strongly disagreed," or were "Neutral" about whether the candidates exemplified the following statements: