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Council Says No to Internet Voting, Opts for Paper in 2014

Friday, 12 July 2013 11:10

It will be at least 2018 before Woodstock residents can vote from their computer. City Council voted in favour Thursday night to stick with paper ballots from the upcoming 2014 municipal election instead of upgrading to electronic or telephone voting. Councillor Jim Northcott says he was surprised their wasn't more support for electronic voting. "Mine was a no-brainer that we have to move forward, but Woodstock does always seem to be that one step behind. I think it's very progressive that we have Internet voting, but we're just going to wait another 4-years before we give it a try." Northcott and Paul Plant were the only councillors to vote against the status quo. Northcott didn't share the opinion of the remainder of his fellow councillors that the city's senior population would be put off, or would struggle to vote electronically. "I don't think they'd be turned off by it...so they go in to vote at a polling station and sit down to a laptop and vote...I don't think that would be a hinderance." Another point Northcott made for electronic voting, is that it could increase the number of young voters by allowing students, especially those away from the city at College and University, the option to vote from their computers. Council will take another look at electronic voting before the 2018 municipal election.

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