More on online voting
Council’s Administration & Planning Committee last night asked staff to receive proposals from vendors for Internet and optical scan voting for the 2014 municipal election. There has been some great discussions on online voting lately. Rather than trying to make a case (you can read the very informative 36 page report here), I will answer some major concerns I heard about online voting. You should know that the town is only considering online voting for the advance voting period, and that all conventional voting methods will still be offered in parallel. 1....
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Council Meeting Last Night
Last night’s council meeting was a marathon session that went past 11pm. Bernadette Mason did an excellent presentation on traffic calming devices that I‘ve been talking about for years. You can see it here. I actually wanted to talk about something else. I attend every Council, Planning Committee and Community Services Committee meeting, provided that I am not traveling. For half of the meetings this year, I actually had to get baby sitters so I could attend. In addition, I sit in the Transit Advisory Committee and Halton’s Inter-Municipal Committee on...
Read MoreSocial Media & Candidates
You may want to read Christina Commisso’s excellent article on candidates using social media to campaign before reading further. Candidates really have a lot more social media presence this time around, but all presence isn’t equal. Simply creating facebook and twitter accounts, and registering a blog isn’t enough. If they are not engaging in a meaningful two-way conversation then they might as well have no presence. Many candidates use social media sites purely for marketing, and not to form connections and start dialogues. Those candidates are not getting...
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