Close X
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
ADVT 
National

Province-wide Electronic Voting In P.E.I. Plebiscite A First: Election Officials

Darpan News Desk IANS, 29 Oct, 2016 03:50 PM
    CHARLOTTETTOWN, P.E.I. — Prince Edward Islanders can cast their ballots electronically in the province's plebiscite on electoral reform that began Saturday afternoon.
     
    Elections P.E.I. says the online and telephone polling effort is the first in Canada to employ electronic voting on a province-wide scale.
     
    Once registered voters verify their credentials and PIN via an online portal, they can weigh in on what electoral system they want.
     
    Islanders are being asked to rank as many as five options on their ballots on a one-to-five scale in order of most to least preferred.
     
    Chief electoral officer Gary McLeod says electronic voting began at noon on Saturday and will continue until Nov. 7 at 7 p.m.
     
    Islanders who prefer to cast their ballots in person can do so at 22 polling stations across the province on Nov. 4 and Nov. 5.
     
    Elections P.E.I. will release updates about what percentage of Islanders have turned out for the plebiscite throughout the 10 days of voting.
     

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Expand Supervised Sites Beyond Overseeing Only Injection Drugs, Advocates Say

     Harm reduction advocates are calling on the government of British Columbia to expand the scope of its safe-injection facilities beyond supervising only intravenous drug use, but medical officials say the focus should remain on needles because they pose the biggest health risk.

    Expand Supervised Sites Beyond Overseeing Only Injection Drugs, Advocates Say

    Vancouver School Trustees Prioritized Political Agendas: Auditor Reports

    Vancouver School Trustees Prioritized Political Agendas: Auditor Reports
    Education Minister Mike Bernier fired all nine members of the board last week and says two reports that show failures of governance and budgetary practices deepen his lack of confidence in the former board. 

    Vancouver School Trustees Prioritized Political Agendas: Auditor Reports

    Double-Shooting Near Surrey Elementary School: Victims Identied As Vikram Toor, Ashim Raza

    Double-Shooting Near Surrey Elementary School: Victims Identied As Vikram Toor, Ashim Raza
    The incident on Friday evening occurred at about 7:20 p.m. at 110th Avenue and 159th Street.

    Double-Shooting Near Surrey Elementary School: Victims Identied As Vikram Toor, Ashim Raza

    New Westminster Police To Probe Coquitlam RCMP Arrest Of Elderly B.C. Couple Caught On Video

    New Westminster Police To Probe Coquitlam RCMP Arrest Of Elderly B.C. Couple Caught On Video
    An outside police force has been called in to investigate how Mounties handled an arrest of two seniors at a Vancouver-area hotel that was captured on a video that is circulating online.

    New Westminster Police To Probe Coquitlam RCMP Arrest Of Elderly B.C. Couple Caught On Video

    Shooting Near Surrey, B.C., Elementary School Leaves One Dead, One Injured

    Shooting Near Surrey, B.C., Elementary School Leaves One Dead, One Injured
    One person has died and another was seriously injured after a double-shooting near an elementary school and park in Surrey, B.C.

    Shooting Near Surrey, B.C., Elementary School Leaves One Dead, One Injured

    Surrey Bylaws working to keep Halloween safe with record seizure of illegal fireworks

    Surrey Bylaws working to keep Halloween safe with record seizure of illegal fireworks
    Bylaw Enforcement officers will continue to target illegal fireworks vendors throughout this Halloween period.

    Surrey Bylaws working to keep Halloween safe with record seizure of illegal fireworks

    PrevNext