Advance voting is done; voting day is tomorrow—Saturday, October 15th, 2022. By Sunday morning, every municipality will have a new or re-elected mayor, and a new mix of councillors. In Vancouver, we also get new Park Board commissioners and school board trustees.

My dislike of parties almost overwhelms my desire to participate in the party system—really the partisan poo-slinging—in the first place. But here I am, voting for parties.

Advance voting started this past weekend. Despite having some candidate ideas, I was largely unprepared to vote. I realized that what I needed was a tool for organizing the most important factors for my picks for Vancouver mayor, council, park board and school board: values and affiliation.