Standards + judgment page
This page names the rules I want the public-facing work to obey: proof discipline, family-first ordering, clarity, and measurable follow-through.
Standards
What I want this campaign to stand on
I want people in Maine to be able to judge this platform by the quality of its proof, its discipline, and its usefulness - not by how loudly it talks.
This page is the rule set I want the campaign to keep applying as the platform grows.
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Page identity
This is the governing-standard page.
Use it when the question is not just what is wrong, but what standard public work on this site is supposed to meet.
Judge the work against a stated standard
Use it when someone wants to know how I think the site, the campaign, and the reform case should be evaluated.
Go back to About or the Open Letter if the person still needs the personal origin story
This page is about standards, not biography.
Use the standard, then test the pages
This page should hand readers back into the dashboard, sources, tracker, and practical tools to see whether the standard is actually visible.
In the same proof lane
Keep the nearby pages close.
These nearby pages keep the public record, source trail, and measurement layer close together.
State of Maine Families
Read the flagship public-record page when you need the campaign case in one place.
Open State of Maine FamiliesSources + proof
Open the evidence center when you want to inspect the receipts directly.
Open Sources + proofBriefs + data
Use the chart packets, CSVs, and concise issue framing.
Open Briefs + dataReform Tracker
Follow what is proposed, what is measured, and what still needs to move.
Open Reform TrackerNeed help now?
Crisis support should stay closer than every other link on this site.
If child-access pressure, family-court pressure, or fear for safety is making today feel dangerous or unbearable, start with crisis support, counseling, and the cleanest Maine justice doors first.
Use this page fast
These standards should help people read the site more critically, not just nod along.
This page is the site contract. Use it to judge whether the dashboard stays measurable, whether the evidence center keeps receipts close, whether the family-help lane stays useful under stress, and whether the campaign avoids turning families into backdrop material.
Campaign standards
The standard I want the site to keep.
Keep the focus on children and families
I do not want to inflate every issue into a spectacle. The point is to show the public record clearly and keep the focus where it belongs.
Receipts stay close
If the site makes a significant factual claim, people should be able to get to the chart, source card, or official record quickly.
Tell people how improvement would be recognized
The platform should say what would count as real progress instead of treating every promise as self-proving.
Childhood is not renewable
That is one of the clearest standards on the whole site. It belongs in the foreground, not buried in a footnote.
Primary sources first
I want official reports, legislative records, federal data, and named research to carry more weight than commentary.
I am not running for prestige
I am not interested in authority for its own sake. The site should keep proving that this is about service, standards, and results.
Claim -> visual -> source
Big claims should route people to the chart, then to the source card, then to the official record.
Public measurement
If I say something should improve, I want to say what number, report, or public record would show it.
Service over prestige
The site should feel useful, readable, and answerable - not bloated with consultant language or campaign theater.
Discipline over drift
When a page gets crowded or repetitive, the right move is restraint, not more decoration.
What people should be able to expect here
How these standards are supposed to show up across the site.
Fast orientation without hype
The strongest pages should help a new visitor understand the issue quickly without drowning them in copy or theatrics.
Portable proof
The evidence layer should be usable outside the site too, through printable briefs, CSVs, and direct source links.
Usefulness before conversion
The family hub and story intake should feel calm, practical, and respectful even for people who will never support my candidacy.
Restraint over clutter
When a page feels crowded, repetitive, or overbuilt, the standard is to cut noise and clarify purpose rather than pile on more.
Where the standards should show up
People should be able to test the rules against actual pages.
This is the practical crosswalk: what the rule is, where it should be visible, and where a reader can verify whether the site is following through.
| Standard | Where it should show up | Where to verify it |
|---|---|---|
| Children and families stay central. | Home, dashboard, initiative frame, and family-help routing should keep family pressure ahead of campaign theater. | Home fast-help strip and dashboard response lane |
| Receipts stay close to major claims. | Charts, briefs, and issue framing should route back to source cards and official records. | Claim matrix and portable packs |
| Promises must stay measurable. | The platform should say what public number, report, or indicator would show improvement. | public scorecard and what to watch next |
| Practical usefulness comes before conversion. | The family hub and quick guides should remain useful even for stressed families who do not care about campaign branding. | Family Hub pressure routes and family practical pack |
Carry this page with you
Make the standards portable enough to hold me to them later.
A standards page only matters if people can carry the rules into other pages and ask whether the site is actually following them. That is the point of the fast-read guide and the crosswalk route.
Use the standards fast-read guide
A shorter way to read the core rules, the crosswalk, and where those standards should show up across the flagship pages.
Use the dashboard and evidence pages together
The cleanest way to pressure-test these rules is to compare them against the flagship dashboard and the source layer, not against rhetoric alone.
Use the reform tracker as the next check
Standards without a checkpoint turn into branding. The tracker is where the next public test should stay visible.
Use the About page for the why behind the rules
The About page should explain why I am building the site this way, while this page shows the public rules I want the site judged against.
Keep moving through the proof lane
Move from headline to source to usable next step.
Keep the statewide dashboard close.
The dashboard remains the fastest way to hand someone the whole public case without sending them through every page.
Cross-check the source cards, briefs, and downloadable data.
This is where claims should become source trails, chart data, and packets that skeptical readers can inspect directly.
Hand off from proof into the pages families can actually use.
After the public record comes the practical lane: routing, official doors, and family-help tools under stress.