Internet Voting in a Local Election in Canada

Nicole J. Goodman ()
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Nicole J. Goodman: McMaster University

A chapter in The Internet and Democracy in Global Perspective, 2014, pp 7-24 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In the past decade, Internet voting has been used in hundreds of binding elections at multiple levels of government throughout the world. Though many European jurisdictions have established well-developed online voting models, Canada is quickly emerging as an important research case. To date, there have been more instances of remote Internet voting in local Canadian elections than any other country. There have been more than two million remote Internet voting opportunities in over 90 local Canadian elections. This chapter analyzes the effects of online ballots by examining the City of Markham, Ontario as a case study. Using survey data from the 2003, 2006, and 2010 Markham municipal elections, a 2010 survey of candidates and other municipal data were applicable, the chapter considers which electors are using Internet voting, its potential to positively impact voting turnout, whether it is encouraging the participation of reported nonvoters, and assesses the implications for candidates and campaigns.

Keywords: Local Election; Vote Method; Electoral Participation; Liberal Party; Advance Turnout (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04352-4_2

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