Thursday, June 10, 2010

Chief electoral officer says voters should be able to register online - Winnipeg Free Press

Chief electoral officer says voters should be able to register online - Winnipeg Free Press

OTTAWA - The chief electoral officer says voters should be able to register online.

Marc Mayrand says allowing people to register or to update information online would be especially attractive to younger voters.

This is one of 55 recommendations Mayrand makes in a report on lessons learned in the wake of the last election.

Most of the changes are minor tweaks to the wording of the Elections Act or proposals to streamline campaign finance rules.

Mayrand does recommend, though, that his people at Elections Canada be banned from striking.

He says he and his staff have to be ready for an election at any time and elections can't be held hostage by a strike.

Report at: http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=gen&dir=rep/re2/r40&document=index&lang=e&textonly=false

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