Sask. gov’t turns down electronic vote counters despite positive showings
Despite what appears to have been a good showing for electronic vote-counting machines in the three byelections held last week, the provincial government has given a firm ‘no’ to using vote-counting machines in the provincial election in 2024.
The machines were used in all of the polls for the two Regina byelections, and in several but not all of the polls for the Lumsden-Morse byelection.
“The technology we used worked very, very well and was positively received in the three constituencies where it was used,” said Dr. Michael Boda, Saskatchewan’s chief electoral officer.
Voters marked their choice on a paper ballot, returned it to a folder, and then the ballot was fed into the counting machine in front of them. Boda said the machines are not connected to the internet in any way.