There are generally two types of people who talk about politics around times like these.

The first are those who say things like, “I can’t wait for the election season to be over. The signs everywhere and it never ends in the news and in every online discussion. It’s awful.”

The other types rebuff the first, saying something akin to, “Election seasons are important, how politicians campaign is fascinating, and everyone should get involved. It’s great.”

The two camps both make compelling arguments, and I can see merit in the views of the first camp despite acknowledging my place in the second. To honor both of those views, the Mirror is introducing a new — and temporary — section called, fittingly, “Election Season.”

The introduction of this section serves a few purposes. For the first camp, it will help keep political and election-related news out of other sections of the paper and away from the local news and announcements that gets them to read in the first place.

But for the latter group, the section will consolidate the details and updates that paint pictures of how candidates are running, why they’re running, and what’s needed for them to win. It’s here to cater to you, not necessarily those in the first camp who have no interest in such things, so it will let us look at policy positions, campaign finance, engagement opportunities and candidate spotlights with a touch more depth than might be relevant to a different reader.

We’re starting it this year, it’s worth nothing, for somewhat selfish reasons: While 2016 offers a packed local ballot — check out the handy ballot preview in this section — with both House seats up for grabs and a couple statewide offices being pursued by Federal Wayans, it’s not going to hold a candle to the number of local races coming up next year. In 2017, three of the seven City Council seats will open up, the State Senate seat representing us will be in play, and the biggest prize in the city, the relatively new Federal Way Mayor’s office, will head into its third-ever election.

And so, in advance of next year’s free-for-all, we can use this year’s election season to try out Election Season. Let us know if it works and we can again consolidate election coverage next year; let us know if it doesn’t and we can go back to sprinkling it throughout the rest of the Mirror. I’m open, at editor@fedwaymirror.com, to hear your thoughts.

Jason Ludwig is the editor of the Federal Way Mirror. He can be reached at 253-292-2309 or editor@fedwaymirror.com.