Feb 272012
 

Postmedia reporters Stephen Maher and Glen McGregor broke this story on Feb 23.  If you want to know how “Racknine” and robo calls work, their article from the Vancouver Sun is posted at: http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=4483 You can hear Stephen Maher in the CBC interview on the programme, The House:  http://www.cbc.ca/thehouse/ (go to the second listening link).  […]

Feb 272012
 

‘Robocalls’ tried to discourage voters http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Robocalls+tried+discourage+voters/6196549/story.html By Stephen Maher And Glen McGregor, Postmedia News February 23, 2012 6:08 AM Elections Canada has traced fraudulent phone calls made during the federal election to an Edmonton voice-broadcast company that worked for the Conservative Party across the country. Also, the Conservatives are conducting an internal probe. A party […]

Sep 072011
 

FOR UPDATE on the email sent below, see:   2012-03-24  Letter to Chief Electoral Officer, Follow-up on Project on Electronic Voting in Canada      Chief Electoral Officer of Canada, Marc Mayrand ,  (2007 to present).  Bio:  http://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=abo&dir=ceo/bio&document=index&lang=e   The reply to the following email, click on:  Elections Canada reply re E-voting  Their File 371802, Sept 29 […]

Sep 032011
 

(I hope to return to this blog.  There are interesting postings.) Posted on August 28, 2011 by Christopher http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/technology/online-voting-and-hostile-deployment-environments/ Elections Canada recently stated that sometime after 2013 it intends to trial online voting, a system that lets citizens vote over the Internet. Fortunately, they are just committing to a trial but if the trial is conducted […]

Sep 032011
 
E-voting in Canada:   Material from Michael Geist's blog

http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/4085/80/ Elections Canada Pushing For E-Voting PDF  | Print |  E-mail Saturday June 27, 2009 The Chronicle Herald reports that Elections Canada is promoting the use of e-voting, which it believes could increase voter participation. Comments (20) Subscribe to this comment’s feed old school said: I don’t trust it I just don’t trust it.There were screams of […]