Monday, June 29, 2009

The Canadian Press: Elections Canada advocates online voting to halt slide in voter turnout

The Canadian Press: Elections Canada advocates online voting to halt slide in voter turnout:

Allowing Canadians to vote 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 independent electoral watchdog 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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