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.

I think you are dead wrong in what you just said. It is a common misconception that young people are not interested in politics, they are, they just don't talk about it all the time. Most young people know who they would vote for in an election and are educated more than most people who are older then them. Just because they are young, doesn't mean they're dumb. I would also be willing to guess that the majority of people who are posting to this topic are early to mid-thirties or older and who grew up in a time where computers were not used as much as they are today. That is what the younger generations know and trust. Computers, even though their online security may be flawed right now are the way of the future and the younger generation are the future. Online voting is not something of the future, it is here now as it is already developed and being used to some degree. If you can't get with the times and vote electronically, then you can still be the person who you say is not lazy and walk to your polling station. Have fun!!! While you go and walk your 5 minutes and stand in line for 25 just to place your vote, I'll place mine online in 2 minutes and move on with my life.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if it was made easier to vote I think that a lot more people would be more inclined to vote. For people who live in rural areas, voting is not always an easy thing to do. If we could vote online, that would help us out greatly.

That's where you are wrong. It is a 20 minute drive for me to get to the polling station I'm supposed to vote at. Just because you happen to live in the city where there is a polling station every few blocks does not mean that everyone else does. But since I'm a farmer and should have to walk to my polling station, when you have no food at the grocery store you can blame yourself for calling farmers lazy.

There are some people who don't vote where laziness is not a factor at all, like myself in the last election. I tried to vote with my voter card and was not allowed. I live in a rural area and it takes me 20 minutes to get to the nearest polling station. I went the one indicated on my voter card (a 20 minute drive) and when I got there I was told I wasn't on their list of voters. I showed them my voter card and the person in charge of the polling station got on the phone with the higher-ups and found out that they had mis-printed the polling station I was to go to and that I was registered at another one and they gave me the location. So then, I had to drive to another polling station that was 20 minutes in the other direction from my house (so now it would take me 40 minutes to get there). When I got to the second polling station, the same thing happened, I was not on their list. So again, the person in charge called the higher-ups to find out what was going on. Same response a second time from them, I was at the wrong polling station and had to go to a different one. Another 45 minute drive from where I was. When I got to the 3rd polling station I was told the same thing again. Needless to say after driving for 1 hour and 45 minutes to 3 different polling stations, I did not vote. YOU CANNOT SAY THAT THE ONLY REASON FOR NOT VOTING IS LAZINESS!!!! That is not the case for everyone!