{"id":57887,"date":"2018-11-09T13:11:58","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T18:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=57887"},"modified":"2018-11-09T13:11:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T18:11:58","slug":"huntsville-mayor-says-hes-done-with-online-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/huntsville-mayor-says-hes-done-with-online-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Huntsville Mayor says he&#8217;s done with online elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Online voting could become a thing of the past if Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison has anything to do with it.<\/p>\n<p>Aitchison said he is frustrated with repeated problems associated with online voting and would prefer to see the exercise discarded entirely.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think we should do online elections again. I wasn\u2019t really excited about doing it this time, but council thought it would make sense. I just think that there are more effective ways to make sure that people who don\u2019t live here full-time have an opportunity to vote, without using an online system,\u201d he said, adding that the municipality has tried two different companies \u201cand they\u2019ve both failed us, frankly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said his level of frustration is at a point where he does not believe the company used to carry out online elections last month should be paid in full.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know if we\u2019ve paid the entire bill to Dominion but I certainly wouldn\u2019t support paying it because they didn\u2019t deliver what they promised they could,\u201d said Aitchison.<\/p>\n<p>Problems with the online voting system during municipal elections last month resulted in some municipalities having to extend voting by a day. There were a myriad of complaints including reports that the system had slowed to a crawl\u2014 logging many would-be voters out, while others complained of spending hours unsuccessfully trying to vote on Election Day. There were also concerns about security, while others complained that they were able to vote for the mayor but were kicked out of the system when they tried to vote for councillors. About 51 municipalities were impacted across Ontario; all of them were using Dominion Voting, including municipalities throughout Muskoka.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, Dominon Voting issued a statement blaming the problem on a Toronto-based co-location Internet provider for placing a limit on traffic.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"modern-quote full\"><p>I personally am done with it. I don\u2019t think that we should do it ever again and that\u2019s what I\u2019ll be arguing at council when the discussion comes up <cite>Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison regarding online voting<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Town staff have remained tight-lipped about what many consider an election fiasco; questions posed by Doppler about whether the company used for online elections had been fully paid or whether a full debriefing had taken place, went unanswered. Huntsville CAO Denise Corry did issue the following statement via email: \u201cMunicipal Clerks are meeting to further discuss the matter. A joint Election Report (with the other five Muskoka municipalities) will be provided in the new year providing a full overview of the election and the events that occurred.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5>Related story:<\/h5>\n<h5 class=\"post-title item fn\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/unauthorized-traffic-limit-by-toronto-based-internet-provider-blamed-for-yesterdays-voting-glitch\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Unauthorized traffic limit by Toronto-based Internet co-locator blamed for yesterday\u2019s voting glitch<\/span><\/a><\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler! Sign up for our free newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u>.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Online voting could become a thing of the past if Huntsville Mayor Scott Aitchison has anything to do with it. 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