San Luis Obispo city council candidate Jan Marx sits down with Mustang News reporter Izzy Romero to discuss her plans for reelection for the 2024 election season.
Category: Election Coverage
Mike Boswell: 2024 Mustang News TV Interview
San Luis Obispo city council candidate Mike Boswell sits down with Mustang News reporter RJ Pollock to discuss his plans to get elected for the 2024 election season.
The journey of a mail-in ballot
With election season around the corner, people may choose to vote by mail, but do they know how their vote gets counted? Reporter Lauren Quijano explains how the San Luis Obispo elections office counts each mail-in ballot they receive.
Local Election Guide: Who’s Running?
Mustang News sat down with each of the candidates running for mayor and city council to get their perspectives on local issues, their visions for the community and what they hope to achieve if elected. Readers can watch the full video interviews with each candidate on our YouTube channel.
Students engage with local candidates at ASI’s Meet Your Candidate Day
ASI hosted a Meet Your Candidate Day event on Tuesday encouraging students to talk with candidates on San Luis Obispo’s local ballots.
Morro Bay High School wins San Luis Obispo County’s first high school voter registration competition
Morro Bay High School was announced as the winner of San Luis Obispo County’s first high school voter registration competition on Monday.
What to expect from our elections coverage
Mustang News’ coverage of the 2024 local elections seeks to empower the Cal Poly student body and the greater San Luis Obispo community to engage in informed participation in our democracy. We hope to achieve this by producing comprehensive, digestive and interesting content. Our mission in covering the election is to get our communities involved […]
San Luis Obispo County announces first ever “I Voted” sticker contest winners
On Sept. 12, the San Luis Obispo County Elections Office announced the winners of its inaugural “I Voted” sticker design contest: third grader Melanie Rathbun from Old Mission School and senior Joanna Rawlings from San Luis Obispo High School. The contest, which ran from July 3 to Aug. 21, invited students in grades 3-6 and 7-12 to submit designs.

