May 14, 2012
SUMMARY
An organized campaign has been waged since 1999 to make Ontario elections fully accessible to voters with disabilities. As part of this effort, we have advocated for several years for Ontario to provide the option of telephone and internet voting in Ontario elections. These technologies could be very helpful at overcoming serious barriers that voters with disabilities confront when they try to exercise their fundamental right to independently and privately vote.
November 25, 2011
SUMMARY
Here are three recent developments in our campaign to make elections in Ontario fully accessible for persons with disabilities:
* On November 17, 2011, Elections Ontario responded to our October 28 letter, in which we had asked for a progress report on internet and telephone voting. Elections Ontario defers most of our inquiries to the future.
October 28, 2011
SUMMARY
A major priority for us in the new Ontario Legislature is to get Ontario’s elections legislation strengthened to ensure fully accessible elections for voters and candidates with disabilities. We foreshadowed this on the eve of Election Day earlier this month. Visit: https://www.aodaalliance.org/strong-effective-aoda/10042011.asp
We have a good crack at this, in the new minority government situation in the Ontario Legislature, since:
By JIM MERRIAM
October 8, 2011
I was wrong.
Occasionally in the past I’ve thought I was wrong, but I was mistaken.
This was not one of those times.
I was wrong when I gave Elections Ontario the benefit of the doubt about the organization of the 2011 vote.
I even bought into its advertising and wrote of hope the process would be improved because “they have branded themselves as an organization that is on top of the issues.”
Published On Mon Sep 26 2011
Michelle Huycke, 64, is a resident of Markham who voted online in the last municipal election.
Liam Casey Staff Reporter
Internet voting in advance polls in Markham has helped increase overall voter turnout, engage non-voters to vote and greatly improve overall voter satisfaction, according to a research and public opinion report released Monday.
