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Campaign letters policy:
Following are our guidelines for campaign-related letters to the editor:

• Letters must be 200 words or fewer.
• All letters must include a name, local street address and telephone number for verification purposes. Letters that are over the length maximum or that do not include the required verificaiton material will be rejected without notification.
• Authors are permitted one election-related letter before the primary and one before the general election. This includes candidates.
• No campaign-related guest columns will be used.
• Letters must address state or local issues.
• We'll print no more than 30 campaign-related letters per week. If we receive more than that, letters will be selected based on how well they're written and whether they address matters not covered by previous letter writers. Preference will also be given to letters that are positive in tone.

Questions about the letter policy can be addressed to Editorial Page Editor Greg Sellnow, 285-7703.

Letters to the editor:
Letters should be 225 words or fewer and include the name, hometown and daytime phone number of the writer. We verify all letters. Anonymous letters will not be published. We publish as many letters as possible, though we generally don't publish more than one letter per writer in a 30-day period.

Letters can be sent to Editorial Page, Post-Bulletin, 18 First Ave. S.E., Rochester, MN 55901. You can also send e-mail to letters@postbulletin.com. (No attachments please.) In all cases, we must have name, hometown and phone number for verification.

Guest columns:
We also welcome longer submissions on issues we believe are of interest to our readers. These guest columns appear on the Opinions and Commentary pages, at our discretion. Length will generally be limited to 800 words.

All letters and commentary pieces become the property of the Post-Bulletin, which reserves the right to edit material for clarity, grammar and newspaper style. We don't publish comments we consider libelous, defamatory or clearly inaccurate.

The writer grants rights for the Post-Bulletin to use and republish the letter or column in all media and to authorize others to reprint it.

If you have questions, call letters editor Greg Sellnow at 285-7703.