Witness Your Vote.
Create an Independent Record of Your Vote.
Create a secure, independent declaration of how you say you voted through the official election process and receive a verifiable receipt. Find your ward, see who is running, and discover participating candidates who support election transparency — all in one place. Witness Your Vote does not replace or cast your official ballot.
- Independent
- Private
- Verifiable
- Integrity Protected
WITNESSYOURVOTE IS NOW OPEN IN BETAWE'RE IN BETA
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THE FULL PROGRAM IS COMING.
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One integrated experience — from your address to your independent record.
Witness Your Vote helps you find your municipality and ward, see who is running, discover candidates who support election transparency, and — after voting through the official process — create a voluntary, verifiable record of your vote.
DON'T JUST DECLARE IT.
WITNESS IT.
Make your declaration. Verify your identity. Have someone witness it. Witness theirs too. Keep a verifiable receipt. Your witness confirms that you made and signed your declaration — they never see your ballot.
Declare
Say who you voted for — voluntarily, after voting officially.
Verify
Confirm your email address with one click.
Sign
Sign it electronically. You get a receipt with a unique ID.
Get Witnessed
Choose someone you trust — or ask us to find a participating witness.
Verify Record
Anyone with your receipt can check the record is intact.
Witness each other
If you both have declarations, witness each other — both become Mutually Witnessed.
YOUR COMMUNITY. YOUR VOICE.
What matters most where you live? Answer today's question and see what your community is saying. Voluntary polls — never scientific polling, never connected to your declaration.
Three separate systems
PITA — KAWARTHA LAKES
Report it. Map it. Track it. Get answers.
External resource on SteveLesperance.comThese three systems can link to each other, but their records are kept separate. Poll answers and issue reports are never combined with your voting declaration.
Independent Citizen Witnessing
Independent records. Citizen witnesses. Another layer of transparency.
WitnessYourVote creates an independent, citizen-witnessed record outside the official municipal election administration. This provides participating voters with a separate verification record while remaining independent from the municipality and its election officials.
Municipal elections are administered by municipalities whose councils are themselves being elected. WitnessYourVote provides participating citizens with a separate, independently witnessed record outside that administrative structure.
Find your ward. Know your election.
Enter your address to locate your municipality and ward on the map, see who is running, and connect to official election information for all 414 Ontario municipalities.
2026 Municipal Election
City of Kawartha Lakes
Voting: October 16, 2026 – October 27, 2026
Candidate discovery, participation and daily updates.
Every eligible Ontario municipal candidate can participate on equal terms. A daily scan of official municipal sources also tracks newly filed candidates across the province — always source-linked and admin-reviewed.
How candidates take part
- Apply once — verified against the official candidate list
- Get a public profile, direct declaration link and QR tools
- Never see declarant identities or private voter data
- No fees, no endorsements — the platform stays neutral
Latest news
August 19, 2026Featured
WitnessYourVote Is Now Open in BETA
WitnessYourVote is opening its doors early. Explore the platform, see how citizen witnessing works, take part in Community Voice, and help us identify anything that can be improved before full implementation. Sign up now and we will let you know when WitnessYourVote officially launches.
August 18, 2026
PITA: a public issue tracker for Ontario communities
Report it. Map it. Track it. Get answers. PITA helps residents log municipal problems and make patterns visible — and any Ontario community can request it.
August 18, 2026Featured
Kawartha Lakes 2026: what is confirmed about internet and telephone voting
By-law No. 2025-136 authorizes internet and telephone voting for the 2026 municipal election, with voting from October 16 (9:00 a.m.) to October 26 (8:00 p.m.), 2026. Our facts page separates confirmed facts, concerns, and requested remedies.
DON'T MISS THE LAUNCH
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Currently in BETA — the full election-verification program is not yet officially live. What does BETA mean?
HELP BUILD WITNESSYOURVOTE
We're testing it with real people before the full launch. Explore it. Try it. Tell us what works — and what doesn't.
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Stay informed.
Election reminders, new candidates in your area, accountability research and important updates — delivered when they matter. Your subscription is stored completely separately from any voter declaration data.
Sign up for alerts
Choose the updates you want. Subscription data is kept completely separate from voter declarations, and you can unsubscribe anytime.
What is your municipality paying for?
Explore public records, technology contracts, software spending and procurement — and ask whether taxpayers are getting value for their money. Framed around factual questions, never unsupported claims.
Questions we help residents ask
- How much is the municipality paying?
- What services were purchased — and what is actually being used?
- What are the ongoing annual costs?
- Were projects delivered on time and on budget?
- What measurable benefit did taxpayers receive?
- Were Canadian suppliers or alternatives considered?
Related tool
Interested in PITA for your municipality?
PITA is a related municipal issue-tracking tool currently associated with the City of Kawartha Lakes demonstration on stevelesperance.com. It could potentially be made available to other municipalities — contact Steve if you are interested in bringing PITA to your community.
The stevelesperance.com implementation is an external demonstration and is not part of the Witness Your Vote declaration system.
How Witness Your Vote works
Five calm steps. Your official vote always comes first — witnessing is voluntary and happens after you have voted.
STEP 1
Find your candidate
Look up a participating candidate in your municipality and ward.
STEP 2
Vote privately
Cast your official vote exactly as usual. Your ballot stays secret.
STEP 3
Witness your vote
Voluntarily declare which candidate you voted for — about two minutes.
STEP 4
Keep your receipt
Get a unique number and SHA-256 hash proving your record is preserved.
STEP 5
Verify the count
After voting closes, the witnessed minimum can be compared with official results.
Our principle
“We do not need every voter to participate. We need enough verified witnesses to identify a result that may not be mathematically possible. Any apparent discrepancy must then be independently reviewed through the proper legal and election processes.”
Independent. Voluntary. Not an official voting system.
Witness Your Vote is an independent initiative. It is not an official voting system and is not operated by Elections Canada, Elections Ontario, the City of Kawartha Lakes or any other Ontario municipality.
Witness Your Vote does not replace the official ballot, official election result, statutory recount or court process.
Participation is voluntary. No person is required to disclose how they voted.