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Originally Posted by MR_BIGGS
I think "turnout," would be higher, if they allowed web voting. How many people did not vote out of sheer laziness? It seems a bit archaiec to have manual voting. YVR has automated customs clearance, so is it too much to ask if Elections BC implemented web voting? I imagine there would be security concerns to iron out.
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Lazy people are lazy regardless of the medium. How many people do you know are too lazy to type a proper sentence, instead of "lol OMG!" Electronic voting will require some pretty extensive security measures which will require navigating several screens. Many people are simply too lazy to click more than one or two times. Voting is already quite easy and takes all of 5 minutes. We even provide an incentive to vote - you can take up to 4 hours off.
If you want to raise participation rates, you either make voting mandatory with fines for non-voting, or you somehow make it tax deductable.
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