Norfolk goes to the polls this week to pick a new police and crime commissioner - and we want to hear your questions about the process.
Seven candidates will battle it out in Thursday's (July 16) by-election, which was triggered by the resignation of Sarah Taylor from the role last month.
Candidates in the by-election, which has an estimated cost of £2m, are Christopher Brown (Liberal Democrat), Mark Buckton (Restore Britain), Beth Jones (Labour), businessman Marcus Pearcey (Independent), Martin Schmierer (Green), Colin Sutton (Reform UK) and Matthew Taylor (Conservative).
Counting of the votes will take place the following morning, after which the winner will be announced.
The post has a £76,000 a year salary. The role of the police and crime commissioner is to be the voice of local people in policing and to hold the chief constable to account.
They set the police and crime objectives for their area through their police and crime plan and also set the force budget, including how much people pay in council tax towards the constabulary.
They can appoint and sack the chief constable, while they are also responsible for commissioning services for victims of crime.
There have been calls for the by-election to be axed, given the role is to be abolished in 2028, as part of the devolution process which will see the powers passed to a mayor for Norfolk and Suffolk.
Dan Grimmer, this newspaper's specialist reporter for public affairs will be online on the EDP website between 12pm and 1pm on today (Tuesday, July 14) to answer questions about the election.
You can ask questions via the comments section on the website.
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