Mr. Chair, just very briefly, the committee heard from two expert witnesses. Dr. Essex is from Western University and Dr. Nicole Goodman is at Brock University. They've been watching online voting in Ontario for the most part, and it's been used at the municipal level there for several years. They've also been watching how online voting has been used in other parts of the world, and they actually worked together on a paper, although they don't always agree on everything. It was a very helpful paper, and they've suggested a number of principles that should be adopted in terms of online voting. Those include secrecy, equality, accessibility, fairness, dependability, accuracy, correctness, confidence, and transparency. Committee felt that we should really try to make sure that voters have complete confidence in electronic voting, and that we do need to develop some standards and specifications for how this should be done in the future. The best way to do this is through some regulations, so that's what this recommendation is all about. Thanks, Mr. Chair.
Kevin O'Reilly on Committee Motion 103-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Regulations for Electronic Voting, Carried
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Committee Motion 103-19(2): Committee Report 9-19(2) - Standing Committee on Rules and Procedures Report on the Chief Electoral Officer's Report on the Administration of the 2019 Territorial General Election - Regulations for Electronic Voting, Carried
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