Rostra

Plebiscite of the Eighth Ward · Session 19 · Floor open

The referendum,
counted as architecture

Rostra gives every measure its own arched bay and tallies the vote as a stack of registered color blocks. When a measure clears quorum, a lemon crown sets on top — the whole hall reads its standing at a glance.

Ballots cast4,182
Measures cleared5
Still on the floor2
01 · THE COUNT

A vote you can read like a building

No spreadsheets, no spinning gauges. Each ballot drops a flat block onto the measure's stack — cobalt for yes, cherry for no, lilac abstaining — and the registered offset makes the count feel like printed blocks sliding into place.

The crown block tells you it cleared

A measure sits open while its stack grows. The instant the yes blocks pass the quorum line, a lemon crown locks on top and the bay is settled — the same crown you saw on the moon over the hall.

Yes No Abstain Crown · cleared
02 · PRINCIPLES

Plural voices, one strict grid

The forum was loud on purpose. Rostra keeps the wit and the colour but holds it inside an interaction grid, so a busy floor still reads as one system.

A1

Every measure, its own bay

Arched bays step across the floor like a city elevation. Each one is a self-contained slab — never nested, never boxed into a widget.

A2

Ownership rides a pillar

A caucus shows as a structural pillar in the roll, not a stray coloured edge. You always know whose measure is on the floor.

A3

State is a block, not a glow

Live, open, held, cleared — every state is a flat block or a crown that slides into register. No soft shadows, no glassy chrome.

Open a floor for your ward

Spin up a referendum, seat the benches, and let the hall count itself. The tally wall updates as the blocks drop.