A resolution in front of delegates at the Alberta Municipalities conference says the removal of electronic tabulators will result in higher costs and delayed election results.
A resolution in front of delegates at this year's Alberta Municipalities meeting in Red Deer seeks a reconsideration of a provincial ban on electronic tabulators to count votes in next year's municipal elections. As Adam MacVicar reports, municipal officials say the ban will add costs and delays to getting results.Alberta municipalities are looking for the provincial government to reconsider its decision to ban electronic vote tabulators in next year’s municipal elections.
“The tabulators were brought in to improve the process and to get more accurate results,” Heron said. “Now, human error has been introduced back in.”The removal of electronic tabulators was part of Bill 20, a lengthy list of amendments to the province’s Local Authorities Election Act, tabled in April.
It also notes the move could also increase “the likelihood of delayed results, errors, and cost escalation,” for municipalities that have not relied on strictly hand counting votes. Red Deer Mayor Ken Johnston told Global News it would take four days for election results to be counted and verified.
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