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Election day: Tuesday 3 November. Polls open 7:00 to 20:00 (sample)

(555) 014-2600

[email protected]

City Council, Ward 4. Springfield municipal election (sample)

Maren Castillo for City Council

Election day is Tuesday 3 November.
Early voting runs 17 October to 1 November.

A neighbour of twelve years who wants safer crossings, repaired sidewalks and a library that is open when people are free (sample candidate).

Make your plan to vote
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Member of City Council, Ward 4

Vote for one

To vote, fill in the oval next to your choice completely, with a dark pen.

Right

Wrong

Wrong

Maren Castillo

Nonpartisan office (sample candidate)

Write-in

Print a name that is not listed

Sample ballot layout. Your official ballot lists every candidate in this contest, in the order the county draws.

Residents seen from behind, listening at a community meeting

Meet Maren

Maren Castillo (sample candidate) is a physiotherapist at the Grove Road clinic and has lived on Linden Street since 2014. She chaired the Riverside Park friends’ group for five years and sat on the city’s sidewalk advisory panel.

She is running because the ward’s small fixes take too long, and residents rarely hear why.

Lives in

Linden Street, Ward 4

Works as

Physiotherapist

Has served on

Sidewalk advisory panel, 2021 to 2024

Facts (sample).

Read her story

Where Maren stands

The questions residents asked most at the door, answered the way a ballot asks them: yes or no, then the reason.

Yes

No

Should every elementary school in Ward 4 have a staffed crossing at opening and closing time?

Maren’s answer: yes. Four schools share two crossing guards today (sample). She would fund two more posts from the ward’s road-safety budget.

Read the plan

Yes

No

Should the city repair sidewalks from a public list, worst first, instead of in the order complaints arrive?

Maren’s answer: yes. A published list lets every street see where it stands and stops the loudest block from jumping the queue.

Read the plan

Yes

No

Should the Elm Avenue branch library open on Sundays?

Maren’s answer: yes, from noon to 17:00, by moving two weekday morning hours that have the fewest visitors (sample figures).

Read the plan

Yes

No

Should the Market Street parking lot start charging on Sundays?

Maren’s answer: no. Sunday is the busiest day for the shops around it, and the lot brings in little on that day (sample figures).

Read the plan

Yes

No

Should every bus stop on Line 7 get a shelter and a bench within four years?

Maren’s answer: yes. Eleven of the nineteen stops in the ward have neither (sample). She would start with the stops nearest the clinic and the senior centre.

Read the plan

Questions and figures (sample).

All issues

Listening sessions

Maren holds a session every week until election day. Come with a question; she answers what she can on the spot and writes down the rest.

Thu 22 Oct, 18:30

Sidewalks: see the repair list for your street

Elm Avenue library, community room. Step-free entrance (sample).

Sat 24 Oct, 10:00

Coffee on the corner: any question, no speeches

Riverside Park, by the bandstand. Rain moves it to the library (sample).

Tue 27 Oct, 18:00

School crossings with parents and the crossing guards

Grove Road elementary school hall (sample).

Thu 29 Oct, 19:00

Budget questions: where the ward’s road money goes

Online, with captions. The link comes by email after you sign up (sample).

Dates and places (sample).

Ask a question ahead

Plan your vote

Four dates decide whether your vote counts. The ring marks the next deadline (sample dates for a 3 November election).

By 13 October

Register to vote

Check your registration with the county elections office. New residents and anyone who moved need to update their address.

By 27 October

Ask for a mail ballot

Any registered voter can ask for a mail ballot. Return it by post or to a drop box by 20:00 on election day.

17 October to 1 November

Vote early

Early voting at the Civic Centre and the Elm Avenue library, 9:00 to 18:00 every day, including weekends.

Tuesday 3 November

Election day

Polls are open 7:00 to 20:00. If you are in line by 20:00, you can vote. Find your polling place on your voter card.

Dates and hours (sample). Your county elections office publishes the official dates.

Volunteer for a few hours

Most of this campaign is neighbours talking to neighbours. Pick one shift or come every week; nobody needs experience.

A hand writing on a clipboard list at a table

Knock on doors

Walk a list of thirty doors with a partner. Training and the list are ready when you arrive.

Saturdays, 10:00 to 13:00
Sign up

Call voters from home

Remind neighbours of the dates and ask what matters to them. A script and a call list are sent by email.

Tuesdays, 18:00 to 20:00
Sign up

Host a yard sign

We deliver the sign and collect it the week after the election.

Any time until 3 November
Sign up

Drive voters to the polls

Give a ride to neighbours who cannot get to the Civic Centre on their own.

Early voting and election day
Sign up

Shift times (sample).

How contributions work

Small contributions pay for printing, yard signs and the office rent. Every contribution is reported to the city clerk and published.

Ask how to contribute

Most one person can give, per election

Primary and general count as separate elections (sample rule)

$500

Contributions over $100

In the public report to the city clerk (sample rule)

Name and employer listed

Business and union contributions

A choice of this campaign (sample)

Not accepted

Tax deductible

No

Rules (sample). Your city’s election rules set the real limits.

Campaign updates

All updates

Campaign office

212 Market Street, Springfield (sample)
Next to the Market Street tram stop, Line 2

Monday to Friday

16:00 to 20:00

Saturday

9:00 to 14:00

Sunday

Closed

Opening hours (sample). Step-free entrance on the park side.

Get directions
Map of the streets around the campaign office on Market Street
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Election day: Tuesday 3 November. Polls open 7:00 to 20:00 (sample)

(555) 014-2600

[email protected]

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