Every name on the ballot, and what each one has actually published.

voche.me never ranks candidates against each other, because we cannot source who you should choose. Say which issues matter to you and every candidate in a race is reordered by your own weights, with each issue score still on the row.

12 issues

The number on each row is how many of the candidates scored on that issue state a position on it in their own words, rather than leaving it to a party platform. Measured October 8, 2026.

• Parks and recreationOne office decides this. Best published plan scores 9 of 10.33of 35
• Schools and student supportOne office decides this. Best published plan scores 9 of 10.25of 30
• Governance and City Hall4 offices decide this. Best published plan scores 6 of 10.96of 129
• Housing supply and rental rules2 offices decide this. Best published plan scores 8 of 10.46of 64
• Economy and small business2 offices decide this. Best published plan scores 9 of 10.38of 64
• Culture and nightlife2 offices decide this. Best published plan scores 9 of 10.34of 64
• City taxes and the capital plan4 offices decide this. Best published plan scores 8 of 10.65of 129
• Transport and street design3 offices decide this. Best published plan scores 9 of 10.49of 99
• Climate and buildings3 offices decide this. Best published plan scores 8 of 10.43of 99
• Homelessness and the drug crisis2 offices decide this. Best published plan scores 8 of 10.27of 64
• Policing and public safety4 offices decide this. Best published plan scores 8 of 10.50of 129
• Child care3 offices decide this. Best published plan scores 5 of 10.23of 94

What earns a point

The score counts how complete and checkable the published plan on this issue is. Whether the plan would work is a separate question, left to the reader.

• A position in the candidate’s own words2 marks

  Two points for a statement on the issue that names the candidate as the person who will act. One point when only the party’s platform covers the issue and the candidate is not quoted.

• Names a mechanism the office controls2 marks

  The candidate’s own statement names an instrument the elected body can adopt by its own vote: a bylaw, a budget line, a fee, a program, a land decision, a Board policy.

• States a measurable target2 marks

  A number with a unit that describes what will exist or change: homes, spaces, days, kilometres, a percentage.

• States a cost or funding source1 mark

  A dollar figure for the measure, or a named source of the money.

• States a timeline1 mark

  A date, a year, or a term milestone such as the first budget.

• A dated, sourced action on the issue1 mark

  A motion, a vote, a program delivered, a report authored or an organization led, in any public role, with a date and a source.

• Answered the voche.me question on the issue1 mark

  The same question went to every candidate in the office. An answer that names the candidate earns the point.

Every point on a candidate's own page shows the sentence it was read in and a link to the page that sentence came from, so a score can be recounted. The full method, the searches and the bias table