Elections Canada ( I am sure under some behind the scenes prodding from our Conservative Gang of Thieves ) is now pushing for ONLINE VOTING as a means to attract more voters.

Read into that : More ways to fuck the people

Even the so called voting machines they have, have been proven to be unreliable, not just in being secure, but in glitches that throw in wrong numbers.

Course, without a PAPER TRAIL, verification of votes becomes even cloudier, and we all know how that works out, don’t we? Like just look at the lovely way the Americans vote.

Had Electronic Voting Increased Voters?  NO!

Course our little band of Goniffs ( thieves ) think we should be using our home computers to log in, and VOTE for the candidate of our choice.  After all, we all KNOW HOW SAFE HOME COMPUTERS ARE, RIGHT?

There are a lot of people who think our One Person One Vote rule is outdated, and that we need Multiple Votes, in order to truly reflect the will of the People.  Some go so far as to say that it will help promote Democracy, because we will have influence in choosing elected officials, not just in our little riding, but in the region.

In short, we reward those who get off their fat asses and vote, or so the belief is. Course the reality is, that whichever party gets its faithful out in droves, will steal the election under such a system.

Electronic Voting, from computers, is a more devious method of conning us into assuming it will insure a more democratic approach, and garner more actual voters.  Truth is, it is one more way to SCREW WITH THE VOTE.

Truth is, that we are naturally lazy. For some reason, people don’t think voting is all that important. Course when they wind up needing something, that isn’t there any longer, well gee, suddenly they are pissed off at the Politicians.

Fact:  My mother is 94 years old, she can no longer leave the house. Yet she hasn’t missed a Federal or Provincial election yet. She insists on getting a ballot, and making her X and having it count.

IF an old person like her, with her infirmities, can VOTE, then really, is there any reason the rest of us can’t? ( I have not missed a federal election vote, since I was 18, and I am 56 now.  Can you match that? )

To begin with, IF you want more people to vote, then make it simple. Don’t make it a choice, make it a requirement, especially if you want Health Care or other services. IF you fail to vote, then you either pay a large fine, or you get little in the way of government benefits. Things like tax cuts, tax deductions, should be tied into whether or not you have Voted in the last election.

Don’t vote, don’t get the benefits.

Tell me that won’t get a huge voter turnout.

Secondly, get away from all this technological bullshit. Simple paper ballots are easy to use, easy to make a selection on, and more importantly, EASIER TO CONFIRM.

No, I am not talking about the crap the US used, like in Florida that saw George Bush become President, but the kind we use now. Simple, put an X next to the candidate, fold and toss in a box.

OH, and the bullshit argument that it is all decided by the East folks, is just utter nonsense. IF we in the West want more Elected Officials, then uh it is simple, GET MORE PEOPLE LIVING HERE.

Voting by computers is just stupid, and more than that, IT IS A DIRECT THREAT TO OUR DEMOCRACY.