Privacy

The short version: your choices stay on your device. LocalVote has no accounts, collects no personal information, and never sees what you save.

What stays on your device

When you mark candidates, write notes or build a shortlist, that information is stored in your browser's local storage — on the device you're using, and nowhere else. It is never uploaded to us or anyone else, because there is no server that receives it. Your choices are kept separately for each election. Clearing your browser data, or using the app's Reset button, erases them.

No accounts, no personal data

There is nothing to sign up for. We don't ask for your name, email or address, and we don't have a database of users. If you use the postal-code search on the homepage, your postal code is sent to an open-data boundary service (Represent, by Open North) only to find your election — we don't store it. Because we never collect personal information, there is nothing for us to lose, share or sell.

Tracking and cookies

LocalVote does not use advertising or tracking cookies, and we do not sell data to anyone. If we ever add basic traffic measurement, it will be a privacy-friendly, cookieless service that counts anonymous visits without identifying you or building a profile — and we'll say so here.

Links to other sites

Candidate profiles link out to candidates' own websites and social accounts, and to news and public records. Those sites have their own privacy practices, which we don't control. Candidate photos may load from official municipal election pages.

Not an official service

LocalVote is an independent project and is not affiliated with any municipality or with Elections BC. For official voter information, see your local election office.

Questions or corrections

Questions about privacy, or something to correct on the site? We want to hear it — email [email protected] or [email protected].