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Oct 21, 2022 · Municipal election day is quickly approaching in Ontario, and this year many communities are turning to tech-only voting methods, with 151 municipal governments across the province not holding...
Nov 3, 2022 · Online voting is often pitched as a way to potentially increase voter turnout, but a CBC analysis of Ontario municipal elections suggests the technology has not had a significant impact.
May 17, 2018 · Legislation governing municipal elections in Ontario allows local governments to use alternative voting methods, including internet voting. Beyond the requirement to pass a by-law through the council, communities have autonomy to determine internet voting rules.
- Nicole Goodman, Leah C. Stokes
- 2020
Over two hundred municipalities now offer online voting in Ontario, Canada, representing one of the largest deployments of dig-ital elections worldwide. Many have eliminated the paper ballot alto-gether. Despite this, no provincial or federal-level standards exist.
- Integrity of The Vote
- Ballot Secrecy
- Can Everyone Access The Voting System?
- Are Standards Coming?
In Ontario, more than 200 municipalities have opted to use online voting in this month's election, up from more than 170 in 2018. Dozens are not offering paper ballots at all. Paper ballots, Essex said, can be counted in front of election scrutineers to verify the results. There are concerns an electronic system could be hacked and ballots altered....
A fundamental aspect of voting is the right to privacy — for only the voter to know how they cast their ballot. With online voting, Essex said, that's not always a guarantee. His team tested a systemby Simply Voting, a company which is being used in Ontario's elections and found a vulnerability. In many instances, Essex said, they were able to tell...
In 2018, more than 50 Ontario municipalities ran into problems with online ballots on election day, forcing them to extend their voting hours. The vendor providing the service, Dominion Voting Systems, blamed a third-party company for limited incoming online voting traffic. "There was a restriction placed on bandwidth, so it was one-tenth of what i...
Spokespeople for Ontario and Nova Scotia's Municipal Affairs ministries did not say whether their provinces intend to introduce standards for municipal elections, but both added that each ministry reviews the election process after each vote. Elections Nova Scotia is also currently looking for a vendor to help create a system that would allow milit...
Jul 26, 2022 · Online voting was first introduced in Nova Scotia in 2008, and was used by 39 of the 47 municipalities that held elections in 2020, with 26 offering no alternative. The growth of online voting in Ontario and Nova Scotia has made Canada a global leader in the uptake of this technology.
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Aug 4, 2021 · Many jurisdictions have been looking to new technologies to promote voting equality, which can be vulnerable around times of crisis when certain electors may be disproportionately affected. At the same time as governments consider expanding voting methods, a growing number of companies are bringing their services to market.
