Canadian Agency Wants Internet Voting By 2012 - Hello Hackers & Crackers!!

[WillYourVoteBCounted]

I would hate to see Canadians lose their paper ballots for this.

Elections Canada claims that internet voting is needed to boost voter turnout.
Slick eh? The reality is that internet voting would open elections up to world wide hacking
and also allow a certain segment of voters to coerce their wives, kids or employees to vote a certain way. Maybe that is the real goal.

Elections Canada advocates online voting to increase turnout
Last Updated: Saturday, June 27, 2009 The Canadian Press

Allowing Canadians to cast ballots electronically may be the remedy for the ever-dwindling percentage of voters who bother to exercise their democratic rights, Elections Canada suggests.

In a report released late Friday, the national electoral authority says it will push this fall for legislative changes that would allow it to implement online registration of voters.

And it wants parliamentary approval to conduct an electronic voting test-run in a byelection by 2013.

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Internet Voting does NOT increase voter turnout, in fact it might lower it:

There was an 83 percent drop in voter turnout in Hawaii internet election
Honolulu Hawaii outsourced their local election to the private company "Everyone Counts" . Apparently "Everyone Counts" is certainly not the same as "Everyone Votes". Besides the outrageously dangerous risks inherent in internet voting, it turns out it is bad for voter turnout. Another idea that sounds great academically, yet fails epically. Shamefully, this "news" article interviews an executive with the internet voting corporation but not any computer scientists.

Voting Drops 83 Percent In All-Digital Election
People Could Vote Online, On Phone For Neighborhood Board
POSTED: 3:49 pm HST May 26, 2009 HONOLULU -- Officials saw an 83 percent drop in the number of voters participating in the Honolulu Neighborhood Board's recent election that is the nation's first all-digital election, where people could vote over the Internet or by phone.

For the first time, Oahu voters had to use computers or the telephone to vote for their neighborhood board candidates and many people did not bother.

About 7,300 people voted this year, compared to 44,000 people who voted in the last neighborhood board race in 2007.

Canada has the most transparet election process there is - hand counted paper ballots.
They have a tangible ballot, transparent counting, and an auditable process.
It is easy to vote in Canada.

Employers are obligated to provide eligible voters with 3 hours.
http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=faq&document=faqvoting&textonly=false#voting26

Anybody can already vote by mail:
http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=gen&document=ec90541&dir=bkg&lang=e&textonly=false

Canadians should resist this proposal with every breath.

[Captain Hilts]

1. No. No. No. No. NO. nt

[YOY]

2. Magically...the most corporate freindly candidates are snuck into power!

n.t

[conhater9950]

6. I would probably guess so

I think it's a bad idea TBH

[Hugabear]

3. Let me guess...shortly after 2012, Canada becomes right-wing fascist fantasy come true

n/t

[Wilms]

4. Plus they can snoop to see who you did or didn't vote for. n/t

[offog]

5. No way, man!

The paper ballot system is somewhat cumbersome. I know because I've done scrutineering in polling stations a few times. But I'll keep that system, thank you very much, because it's a lot harder to screw with. With all the horror stories that have come out of the U.S., I'm not going to complain about the old-fashioned paper ballot system.