My column this week on Loonie Politics looks at the disaster that was the e-voting system in the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership contest this past weekend, and takes the broader look at why electronic voting – and in particular online voting – remains a bad idea for a great many reasons that are fundamental to our liberal democratic system, and why we should be sticking with paper ballots for as long as possible.
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Some e-voting lessons from Alberta
My column this week on Loonie Politics looks at the disaster that was the e-voting system in the Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership contest this past weekend, and takes the broader look at why electronic voting – and in particular online voting – remains a bad idea for a great many reasons that are fundamental to our liberal democratic system, and why we should be sticking with paper ballots for as long as possible.
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