Electronic and Internet voting are a danger to democracy. This blog is dedicated to preserving the existing Canadian paper-based, hand-counted voting system.
This blog is inactive. The entire space of election technology and security has become so fraught with online and physical risk that I won’t be continuing to post.
The only topics that might reactivate this blog would be Internet voting in my local municipality, in my province, or at the national level in Canada.
CBC News Toronto – November 3, 2022 – Online voting is more available than ever. So what effect does it have on voter turnout?
“Millions were able to vote online in Ontario’s municipal elections, but overall voter turnout was down”
Thanks to Waqas Chughtai for a comprehensive article.
Newfoundland and Labrador
April 21, 2021 – All-Party Committee Established to Modernize the Elections Act
May 26, 2021 – Members of All-Party Committee to Modernize the Elections Act Confirmed
EngageNL – Legislative Review of the Elections Act, 1991 (consultation closed January 31, 2022)
Committee members would do well to read the Internet Voting Privacy and Security Risks report from OIPC Newfoundland.
The Atlantic covers Australia’s iVote Internet voting system, as well as discussing issues with Internet voting in general.
May 20, 2022 – Lessons from the iVote meltdown by Spenser Mestel
Letting people vote from home with the click of a button is an appealing idea, …. The problem, the American Association for the Advancement of Science says, is that there’s no “evidence that any internet voting technology is safe or can be made so in the foreseeable future … All research to date demonstrates the opposite.”
Paper Vote Canada 2 