Thursday, August 18, 2011

Elections Canada proposes some dumb ideas

How dumb?

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.

Just the kind of things the dishonest would propose...

Election results should be announced at the same time, regardless of timezones. I'm tried of BC hearing of a called election before they've had time to finish voting.

Electronic voting is a bad idea. No paper trail, easily hacked. No wonder governments everywhere love the idea.

Read more here.

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