Letters guidelines

Regarding letters about candidates and other election issues:

• Letters from candidates will not be published after filing for office, unless the letter is about a nonelection topic and considered of unusual interest.
• Letters about local candidates will not be published. Candidate issues may be addressed through advertising.
• Letters about election issues will be published until the week before an election, when rebuttals to previous letters will be considered for publication. No letters about election issues will be published on the Sunday or Monday before an election or on Election Day.

These guidelines notwithstanding, the editor will make the final determination on all letters.