Harper Government Introduces the Increasing Voter Participation Act | Markets | News Releases | CCN | Canadian Business Online

Harper Government Introduces the Increasing Voter Participation Act | Markets | News Releases | CCN | Canadian Business Online:

OTTAWA (Marketwire) - The Hon. Steven Fletcher, Minister of State (Democratic Reform), today with the Hon. Josee Verner, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, President of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and Minister for La Francophonie, moved ahead with the Government of Canada's 2010 Throne Speech commitment to increase voter participation by giving Canadians more chances to vote during federal elections.

'Increasing the number of advance polling days means giving Canadians more opportunities to vote and will help to increase voter participation,' said Minister Fletcher. 'That is why our Government is improving Canada's democracy by adding two additional voting days for voters.' ... >>>

Vulnerabilities With Proposed RFID E-Voting Initiative Identified by AlgoSec CTO | SYS-CON CANADA

Vulnerabilities With Proposed RFID E-Voting Initiative Identified by AlgoSec CTO | SYS-CON CANADA:

RESTON, VA -- (Marketwire) -- 04/20/10 -- Dr. Avishai Wool, co-founder and CTO of AlgoSec®, the leading provider of firewall operations and security risk management solutions, recently identified a number of vulnerabilities associated with a new RFID-based Israeli e-voting system.

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