Votes to be Counted by Hand

Published Tuesday October 14th, 2008

SAINT JOHN - When New Brunswickers went to the polls last spring to elect new mayors and councillors, the votes were counted electronically for the first time, but don't expect anything like that during today's federal election.


Elections Canada is looking for new technology to help with counting votes, but is not ready to try anything yet, said Dana Doiron, a spokesman for the agency in charge of federal votes.

"Not even in the counting do we use machinery. It is all done by hand," he said.

The 23 million people who are eligible to vote across the country will use the tried-and-true method of placing an X on a piece of paper, he said.

"We know that there will be a time when it will be more convenient to introduce new technology," Doiron said. "We don't believe at this stage the integrity of the vote can be secured by the technologies that are available today."

Under the Elections Canada Act, the chief electoral officer does have the right to test new systems and within the next five years, with the approval of Parliament, two things are expected to happen, Doiron said.


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They should stick with that.

...as early as they want.

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