A House of Commons committee has recommended that Elections Canada consider allowing Canadians to vote by phone should a federal election be held during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a majority report (pdf) submitted by the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs to the Parliament on Feb. 26, Liberal MPs suggested to include a “voting by phone” option—the first time ever in a federal election—if the prime minister decides to hold one in the midst of a pandemic. But opposition Bloc Quebecois expressed “strong disagreement” with the Liberals’ proposal, citing potential identity and voting fraud. “In our opinion, telephone voting poses considerable challenges for properly verifying the identity of electors who vote this way. It also opens the door to fraud, something important to consider especially in light of the theft of data and personal information over the Internet in recent years, and more recently in connection with the various emergency …
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