Online Voting
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Online voting ‘more inclusive’ for residents, Woodstock mayor saysWoodstock is the latest municipality in Ontario to add online voting as an option in its elections, with the goal to increase engagement among voters.PoliticsJan 7
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Élections Québec nixes plan to test online voting in 2025The agency wanted to allow about 300,000 eligible voters in 21 municipalities to vote online during 2025 municipal elections in Quebec.CanadaApr 11, 2024
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Canada’s elections authorities move slowly, carefully to digitize votingElection Nova Scotia's historic step is a good example of the kind of cautious, incremental approach often taken by elections authorities when it comes to technology.PoliticsMay 1, 2023
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Online voting for Peterborough municipal election opens Oct. 1; advance polls SaturdaysPeterborough voters can cast their ballots online beginning midnight on Oct 1. Online voting remains open until Oct. 24 at 8 p.m.CanadaSep 29, 2022
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St. Thomas move to ditch in-person voting in 2022 draws concern from local cybersecurity expertSt. Thomas, Ont., offered online voting during the 2018 election in advanced polls alongside telephone voting. For election day itself, voters had to cast a ballot in person.PoliticsNov 19, 2021
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Okanagan resident enters cat in online competition, seeking local voting helpThe winner of America’s Favorite Pet will earn $5,000 and will also be featured on the cover of Catster Magazine.CanadaMar 10, 2021
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University of Lethbridge students create award-winning virtual voting platformA team of University of Lethbridge students is hoping to change what the voting process in Canada looks like by bringing virtual voting to the forefront.PoliticsSep 29, 2020
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Halifax sends out voter information letter, releases municipal election datesThe municipality will be offering voting by phone and online, in addition to in-person voting this year.PoliticsSep 25, 2020
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‘I want a Canadian cat to win’: B.C. resident seeks contest votes for multi-toed cat that says ‘mama’A Cawston, B.C., resident has entered her four-year-old polydactyl cat in a competition titled America’s Favorite Pet.CanadaSep 15, 2020
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Tech-savvy Estonia sets example of online voting as EU elections beginInternet voting — or i-voting —has been available since 2005 in the nation that gave the world Skype, and the percentage of voters using the internet to cast ballots has increased with each election, reaching 44 per cent of voters in a national election in March.WorldMay 20, 2019
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