Canada to Introduce Electronic Vote Lists, Says Elections Canada Head

A voter walks past a sign directing voters to a polling station for the Canadian federal election in Cremona, Alta., Monday, Oct. 19, 2015. Canada's chief electoral officer says voting day this fall should not be moved. Election day can be no later than Oct. 21 under federal law, which this year falls on the Jewish holiday known as Shemini Atzeret, meaning Orthodox Jews are not permitted to work, vote or campaign. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Elections Canada will introduce a pilot program to use the country’s first-ever electronic voting lists, despite hesitancy to do so in previous years, says Canada’s chief electoral officer.

“Elections Canada will pilot the use of an electronic list of electors to support voting at any table in the designated polling location should a byelection occur in 2023,” Stéphane Perrault wrote in a 2023–2024 Departmental Plan, according to Blacklock’s Reporter.