Rose56@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 days agoSome Conservative supporters question whether the polls can be trustedwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1105arrow-down11
arrow-up1104arrow-down1external-linkSome Conservative supporters question whether the polls can be trustedwww.cbc.caRose56@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 days agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareMohamed@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-22 days agoNo, we don’t use machines in Canada, nor is there a plan to introduce them. I had to double check myself, but seems the statement was correct. Elections Canada says that (see Voting Technology section in the link): Elections Canada does not use automatic ballot-counting machines to count ballots or tabulate results in Canadian federal elections. There are no plans to introduce Internet voting or ballot-counting technology for federal elections.
minus-squareOneClappedCheek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoI voted using a machine in the last provincial election in BC. I wouldn’t be so certain that there is no plan to introduce them federally.
minus-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days ago1: that’s provincial not federal. 2: you still marked a paper ballot. The machine simply scanned it. The paper ballots are still available for hand counting. 3: those counting machines aren’t internet connected.
No, we don’t use machines in Canada, nor is there a plan to introduce them.
I had to double check myself, but seems the statement was correct. Elections Canada says that (see Voting Technology section in the link):
I voted using a machine in the last provincial election in BC. I wouldn’t be so certain that there is no plan to introduce them federally.
1: that’s provincial not federal.
2: you still marked a paper ballot. The machine simply scanned it. The paper ballots are still available for hand counting.
3: those counting machines aren’t internet connected.