Editorial policy

Welland Votes is an independently maintained, unofficial election guide. AI tools assist with research.

How information is checked

• The system compares claims with supporting sources, checking dates, wording and context.
• Council decisions need official records; campaign promises need attributable statements.
• During the mayoral research run, a separate AI agent reviewed another agent’s findings.
• Unsupported or unresolved claims are held back.
• Proposed updates include evidence and exact wording for review.
• After approval, sources are rechecked and published changes verified.

Candidate submissions are attributed, not treated as independent confirmation. Blank entries mean information hasn’t been included; profile length isn’t a ranking. Errors remain possible. Read the sources and confirm voting procedures with the City’s election office.

Corrections

Request a correction with the page, concern and supporting material, if available. Requests may prompt further research but don’t automatically change the site. Use the same form for privacy or photo-rights concerns. Only submit material you’re entitled to share.

Submissions and privacy

The form collects contact details, your relationship to the request, the relevant page, proposed changes and links. These support review, recordkeeping and replies. Submissions aren’t automatically public; follow-up contact details aren’t intended for publication.

Don’t send confidential records or unnecessary sensitive information. The map connects to OpenStreetMap; service providers may receive your IP address and browser details.

Use the form to request access, correction or deletion. Some records may need to be retained for editorial or legal reasons. Immediate deletion and absolute confidentiality cannot be promised.

Your analytics choice

With your permission, Google Analytics uses cookies to measure visits and page use. Google receives information such as the page viewed and browser and device details. We use aggregate reports to understand use of the guide, including candidate pages. These counts do not measure voting intentions or support.

Choose Allow analytics or No thanks when prompted. You can change your choice using Analytics choices at the bottom of any page. Declining does not affect access to the guide. We do not send form contents to Google Analytics, and we remove query strings and fragments from the page address sent with page views. Advertising personalisation and Google signals are disabled.

Our hosting provider also collects server-side traffic statistics independently of this choice. Read how Google uses information from sites that use its services.