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Canada To Adopt On-Line Voting?

Posted by samzenpus on from the click-on-democracy dept.

belmolis writes "Here in Canada we have an old-fashioned paper ballot voting system that by all accounts works very well. We get results quickly and without fraud. Nonetheless, Elections Canada wants to test on-line voting. From the article: 'The head of the agency in charge of federal elections says it's time to modernize Canada's elections, including testing online voting and ending a ban on publishing early election results.' Is it worth trying to fix a system that isn't broken?"

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  1. Re:Ack! by publicworker · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Absolutely right! (Mod parent up)

    I've said this before in this thread, but I'll say it again ('cause I think it's important)

    Voting at home is inherently insecure and not secret. The risk of simple shoulder-surfing or bribes/extortions as the parent suggests should be enough to dismiss such ideas out of hand.