Jules_Jewels317

You can't tell people that they don't know what they're talking about. How do you know that eyeball is not into computer programming, or maybe even has more knowledge on the subject than you do. The answer is, you don't unless you've asked him. So again you are making unfounded assumptions.

And you are probably at least mid-thirties or older and are scared of technology as are most people your age, even though you claim to work with it. You have to remember that younger generations are not so scared of technology as you seem to be. So maybe we should say "screw you" because you are so stuck in the mud.

So what you're saying is that Intelivote Systems Inc. is stupid for even attempting to set up electronic voting because you say so. News flash buddy, but just because that is your opinion does not mean that they haven't had success with their system at the municipal level. Yes it may have it's flaws, as does the paper system we have now, but at least they are being addressed. No one said it would be the perfect system, which is what you are implying. And for your information, voting in this country is not always easy. With the system we have now there are errors, and some people are not able to vote because if it, even when they try. If you had read my earlier post, you might have understood this.

It's only been undermined in your eyes, not mine. If I had to drive to my neighbours house to vote instead of mine, then it would still be a lot faster for me than driving to a polling station.

And if you actually read what I said correctly then you would have seen that I said that the majority of the people on here think that they are experts, I'm not saying that all of them are not. Did you read it right this time. I never said all of the people posting were not.

You are right abstention is a perfectly valid act, however you cannot just assume that everyone who does not vote is not voting for that reason. That's crazy. I have a lot of friends who have not voted in the last 2 federal elections because they were out of the country attending university and college. They would not send them mail in ballots either because they were living out of the country, even though it was temporary and voter cards had been sent to their address in Canada. If online voting was an option to them, then all they would need is there PIN number or whatever method of identification would be necessary and then they could vote.

I agree with you completely. Someone mentioned a website in an earlier post for a new political party who is all about getting us to vote often on all the issues that are important to Canada. I checked out their website and they will be getting my vote from now on. I think that they have a good chance at changing democracy as we know it now into how it was originally designed to function. Here is the website address so you don't have to look back through all the posts if you want to check it out. www.canadian-alternative.com

Disadvantages? The only disadvantages any of you can come up with is the danger's of the internet. It's not secure, don't use it...run as fast as you can in the other direction. Yeah, ok get with the times. If you want to keep Canada in the stone ages of democracy and hide behind your fear of technology and your own laziness, then you go right ahead. Electronic voting is going to be implemented whether you like it or not. So go ahead and kick and scream all you want. The benefits to electronic voting outweigh all your fears.

Just because you don't have a computer at home doesn't mean you couldn't vote. There are libraries and internet cafe's that have public computer access that are available to people without computers. Chances are, they also know someone who has a computer in their home that they could use for a couple of minutes. And the people you see working at the polling stations are VOLUNTEER'S who DO NOT GET PAID to be there. The people who are working there that are not retired are taking time off of work and losing money to be there.

I think it's interesting that pretty much everyone of you who is against online voting thinks that you are an expert on internet security. I'm not saying that all of you are not, just the majority. Where do you get your information...the news? You can't believe everything you see on tv in the news or read in the newspapers. They are biased toward whoever owns them.

lol...that is so true. You said it so well too.

I don't know what decade you went to school in, but I just finished College and every assignment that I had to submit, had to be submitted to the teacher via email. That's right I said email. So if you can tell me how I can do an assignment not on a computer and submit via email, let me know.

I'm not saying older people didn't have computers, I'm saying they didn't grow up with them. Kids who are in school today grew up with computers and that is what they know. There are some universities that are handing out Blackberry's now to their business students as one of their teaching tools. You can't submit a paper anymore that is in your own handwriting, it has to be done on a computer. Do I need to go on? Computers are now a way of life for the new generations that are now becoming voting age. And by the way, I'm older than 19 and I'm not fuzzy at all about politics. I know what's going on and I've take numerous political science courses.

If you only have to drive 5 minutes to get to your polling station, then I wouldn't call it a rural area, I would call it the outskirts of the city. For people who have to drive 20 minutes, now that's a rural area.

News flash buddy, it's already happening. There are more people for online voting than against it. It's just always the negative people who feel that their opinion is the only one that needs to be heard. So you just keep talking and mumbling in your own little corner, no one really minds. And while you do this we'll move into the 21st century and leave you behind.