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Confidentiality concerns have prompted the city of Clarence-Rockland to backtrack on its plans to hold electronic elections and has put in place an “emergency plan” to use traditional paper-based ballots.
The municipality, located just east of Ottawa, said problems mailing out confidential personal identification numbers (PINs) to thousands of voters in the area ultimately forced it to drop its groundbreaking plans.
“It was brought to our attention that the Voting PIN was visible through the window of certain envelopes resulting in both the Voter ID and Voting PIN not remaining confidential to the elector,” said the municipality in a statement released Tuesday morning. “An emergency plan has been put in place in order to ensure the credibility for the 2014 Municipal Elections.”
The municipality had planned to move completely away from paper-based ballots during the 2014 election. Only phone and Internet voting was going to be accepted. However, the confidentiality concerns regarding the PIN numbers forced the municipality to backtrack.
Residents of Clarence-Rockland who are eligible and who wish to vote will now need to present themselves in person at a voting location with a piece of identification and both voter information letters that were sent to them by the municipality. Eligible electors who have not yet received their information letters must also present themselves with a piece of identification.
No one from the city administration was immediately available for comment early Tuesday.
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The municipality, located just east of Ottawa, said problems mailing out confidential personal identification numbers (PINs) to thousands of voters in the area ultimately forced it to drop its groundbreaking plans.
“It was brought to our attention that the Voting PIN was visible through the window of certain envelopes resulting in both the Voter ID and Voting PIN not remaining confidential to the elector,” said the municipality in a statement released Tuesday morning. “An emergency plan has been put in place in order to ensure the credibility for the 2014 Municipal Elections.”
The municipality had planned to move completely away from paper-based ballots during the 2014 election. Only phone and Internet voting was going to be accepted. However, the confidentiality concerns regarding the PIN numbers forced the municipality to backtrack.
Residents of Clarence-Rockland who are eligible and who wish to vote will now need to present themselves in person at a voting location with a piece of identification and both voter information letters that were sent to them by the municipality. Eligible electors who have not yet received their information letters must also present themselves with a piece of identification.
No one from the city administration was immediately available for comment early Tuesday.
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