Electronic Voting Data to Be Stored in Canada, Elections Canada Chief Says

Elections Canada Chief Electoral Officer Stephane Perrault waits for the Procedure and House Affairs committee to begin on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on March 2, 2023. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press

Elections Canada is pushing ahead with a pilot plan to introduce an electronic voting list, allowing electors to submit their votes remotely to the agency from any location.

Stéphane Perrault, chief electoral officer for Elections Canada, said the agency aims to modernize its services, and the electronic poll book will “reduce wait times and help address the very serious challenges created by a diminishing workforce.”