Canada Considering Online Voting In Elections

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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Re:Canada's Voter Turn Out Problem

[Pig Hogger]

Allowing people to vote online isn't going to solve the turnout problem as long as we have a federal election every couple of years. Canada has had something like four federal elections in the last five years, which is pretty ridiculous. The voters are tired of it, and they're demonstrating that by not bothering to vote. I'm not saying this is the best way to demonstrate disgust, but the ability to vote online isn't going to fix the real problem.

Indeed. We have so many elections because the last three governments are minority governments. Why is that?

Because of the Bloc Québécois. Ever since Charlottetown, the last attempt to have Québec ratify the Constitution, failed, Québec has finally realized that the federal political parties have nothing to offer us.

So, we’ve been voting bloc. The federal parties are being denied a whole province, which holds 25% of the canadian population.

That 25% of the population has been denied the proper attention given to other english provinces; in fact, we are treated the same way blacks are treated in the US. We are “the white niggers of america”.

For about 10 years, the liberals were able to secure solid majorities despite the Bloc because were still reeling from Mulroney’s conservative excesses (which have resulted with the tories ending up with 111 less seats in parliament once the 1993 election was over — yes, you read me properly, that’s a hundred and eleven times; from 222 to 2), but the latest liberal scandals have caught up with them, and have prevented them from mustering enough support to, have a majority government.

And the Bloc is still there to say to Canada “it’s time to start to listen to Québec”.

And as long as Canada will not listen to Québec, we will make sure that the House of Commons will be deprived of a majority government.

Though fucking noogies. You thought you could get away with not listening to Québec? Well, that time is over Canada.

Fuck you very much.