Marisol Vance for the 12th District

Shaping Tomorrow Together

An independent campaign in Rivermont County, built on nine costed priorities, a published account of every donation, and a ward surgery that has run every second Saturday since 1995.

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Marisol Vance outside the Ashcroft community center

Who we are

An independent campaign, accountable to the district and to nobody else

To make the district's decisions legible: papers published seventy-two hours before a vote, in plain language, with a one-page summary of who is affected. A resident should be able to find out what is being decided in their name without filing a records request.

A district where turnout does not depend on which street you live on. That means a polling station within a mile of every household, a register the county maintains rather than one you chase, and an annual public report on the gap between wards.

Our Movement

Nine long-running campaigns in the 12th District, each with a published aim and a number attached to it.

  • Neighborhood Assemblies

    Neighborhood Assemblies

    Twelve standing assemblies, one per ward, with a fixed share of the district budget to allocate and a published record of every decision.

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    Neighborhood Assemblies
  • Equal Representation

    Equal Representation

    A district where turnout does not depend on which street you live on, and where the register is something the county maintains rather than something you chase.

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    Equal Representation
  • Youth Assembly

    Youth Assembly

    Sixteen schools, one assembly, and a standing seat at the district's education committee — with a vote, not an observer's chair.

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    Youth Assembly
  • Animal Welfare

    Animal Welfare

    A district shelter that is not full, a licensing regime that has teeth, and a published record of every inspection.

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    Animal Welfare
  • Social Justice

    Social Justice

    An independent complaints office, reporting to the council rather than to the departments it reviews.

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    Social Justice
  • Peace and Safety

    Peace and Safety

    Community mediation before enforcement, and a published account of what each approach costs and achieves.

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    Peace and Safety
  • Health and Wellbeing

    Health and Wellbeing

    A walk-in clinic within two miles of every household, starting with the three neighborhoods that currently have none.

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    Health and Wellbeing
  • Civil Rights

    Civil Rights

    A public register of every automated system the district uses to make a decision about a resident — and the right to ask how it decided.

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    Civil Rights

Join Our Next Gathering

Every event ends with a decision and a named owner. Papers go out a week ahead so you can arrive with the question you actually want answered.

Summit on Political Influence

Summit on Political Influence

A working day on how decisions get made in a district this size, and where a resident can actually intervene.

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Summit on Political Influence
Regional Partnership Forum

Regional Partnership Forum

Five districts, one procurement question: what a small county pays when it buys alone, and what changes if it does not.

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Regional Partnership Forum
Town Hall Meetings

Town Hall Meetings

The standing Saturday surgery, rotating through all twelve wards. No appointment, no agenda, and a written answer to every question within a fortnight.

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Town Hall Meetings
Governance Symposium

Governance Symposium

Two lectures and an argument: plain-language budgeting, automated decisions, and what a resident is entitled to know.

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Governance Symposium
Candidate Meet-and-Greet

Candidate Meet-and-Greet

Two hours, no platform, no speech. Just the candidate, a room, and whoever wants to ask something.

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Candidate Meet-and-Greet
Community Clean-Up

Community Clean-Up

A morning on the Kelvin riverside, with sampling equipment as well as litter pickers — the quarterly Riverwatch reading is taken the same day.

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Community Clean-Up

Become a volunteer

Two hours on a Saturday moves a ward further than any amount of advertising. Tell us how to reach you and a ward organizer will call within the week.

  • 100K+

    Active voters

  • 40K+

    Volunteers

  • 120+

    Days in campaign

  • 30K+

    Donors