Alberta is considering instituting online voting for elections, possibly as soon as 2013. New legislation is introduced last week allows for new technology in by-elections.
Alberta Mulling E-Voting
March 1, 2010
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So perhaps we’ll having e-voting machines soon that know that we all really wanted to vote for the Conservatives under Stelmach, despite what we actually say.
Michael, a small point: watch the terminology: e-voting and on-line/Internet voting are very different beasts.