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Canada Considering Online Voting In Elections

Posted by timothy on from the no-more-polls-here-in-canada-south dept.

ehud42 writes "Slashdot readers generally agree that voting machines such as those from Diebold are a bad idea. Well, what about online voting? That is what the Vancouver Sun is reporting. Given that voter turnout in our most recent election was the worst on record, Elections Canada is kicking around the idea of allowing voters to register online, update registration information online, and maybe even vote online."

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  1. 4chan would rig it by basementman · · Score: 4, Funny

    4chan would rig it and have 7 billion people write in pedobear. Then they would convince a member to have his name legally registered as such and get plastic surgery to become a bear. Child porn, warez, and weird porn would be not only legalized, but taught in school and subsidized. Sad part is I think my oh so humorous prediction would be fairly accurate.

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  2. who counts the votes? by plopez · · Score: 4, Funny

    here you go:

    http://homepage.mac.com/rcareaga/diebold/big_die/diebold_1.jpg

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  3. Re:What could possibly go wrong? by DirtyCanuck · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is perfectly true, but considering it would probably be just as easy to do either, don't you think that the bank side of things would be the most lucrative option.
    A. Get Cash
    B. Vote as Dead Guy

    Plus this if fucking Canada, if anybody can pull it off we can.

  4. Re:What could possibly go wrong? by TarrVetus · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't see it as something to worry about, personally. But then, I'm not a Canadian, so there might be something there I'm not aware of.

    You clearly haven't been following the news. There is a secret extremist Canadian Christian denomination--the Order of the Burning Leaf--which seeks to undermine the sacred principles of democracy. In the last Parliament election, they changed two million votes to write-ins for "Rubber Moose," essentially disqualifying the votes (mostly because they couldn't agree which rubber moose was elected).

    Quite a tragedy, and an obvious cause for alarm.