Voting by mail or internet in Brockton a couple of weeks ago, just didn’t cut it — according to outgoing Mayor Charlie Bagnato.
Bagnato tells a story on what he calls “live” election ballots with PIN numbers being discarded on the post office floor.
He says these are votes anyone could have used because of PIN numbers.
Bagnato says many people toss unwanted flyers on the floor because there’s no blue box and he suspects many mistakened the mail-in ballot for junk mail.
He says post office staff assured him that they cleared away the discarded “live” votes but he can’t be sure all of them were picked up.
In additon, Bagnato says there were 600 people in Walkerton who are eligible voters, that did not get PIN numbers.
Yet, people in Calgary and Halifax received PIN numbers because they lived in Walkerton 15 years ago.
Bagnato says it’s obvious to him that we’re not ready for Internet voting if we can’t handle the mail in ballot and confidential PIN numbers in the first place.
Bagnato lost the mayor’s chair to David Inglis in the October 25th municipal election.
