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Five municipalities in the Ottawa Valley finally know who will represent them after Internet voting problems extended until Tuesday.
Tuesday's vote ended at 8 pm
Here are the unofficial results in these five municipalities in eastern Ontario.
Laurentian Valley
- Mayor elected: Steve Bennett (re-elected)
More results from Laurentian Valley here.
Pembroke
- Mayor elected: Mike LeMay (re-elected)
More results from Pembroke here.
Petawawa
- Mayor elected: Bob Sweet (re-elected)
More results from Petawawa here.
Renfrew
- Mayor elected: Don Eady (re-elected)
More results from Renfrew here.
Whitewater Region
- Mayor elected: Mike Moore (Hal Johnson defeats the president)
More results from the Whitewater area here.
Generalized problems & # 39;
The Town of Pembroke, the Towns of Petawawa and Renfrew, and the Townships of Laurentian Valley and Whitewater Region all declared an emergency under the Municipal Elections Act, which provided 24 hours of overtime to allow residents to vote.
"At 5:30 pm, we saw slowdowns," said Kim Bulmer, Clerk and Returning Officer for Renfrew City, CBC Radio. All in one day.
"I was hoping it was only localized problems, temporary problems, but it became obvious around 6 pm that it was not localized." was rumored. "
Dominion Voting, the company providing online voting services for 51 municipalities in the province, said in a statement that it had discovered that its bandwidth was limited, which was causing the problems.
"The five municipalities have jointly decided to request the extension, Bulmer said, since they have all agreed to follow the path of Internet voting this time around.
Concerns about inheritance
Dean Sauriol, Executive Director of the Township of Laurentian Valley, told All in one day this offer to vote both online and by phone is part of a strategy to increase voter turnout – and he fears that this is now being threatened.
"People are always afraid of [voting online]"Said Sauriol.
"[When] you get a situation like the one we have now, it really puts a black mark on it. "
Don Eady, the re-elected mayor of Renfrew City, said that although problems can be solved in the future, he still fears that they may have hurt participation.
"What really bothers me about this is the people who were at home and trying to vote, when they had time on Monday, they were not able to move on," Eady said.
"For them, it's rather disheartening.The internal workings of the system has dropped them."
Popular in places
The re-elected mayor of Pembroke, Mike LeMay, said that getting rid of the vote online would be a mistake.
"It was difficult, but I still firmly believe in the use of the Internet as a voting method.Of course, there have been problems this year, but I'm sure they could be corrected, "said LeMay.
"It gives you that flexibility, you can vote 24/7."
Some municipalities have already indicated how much of the ballots were filed online or by phone.
In Whitewater Township, almost two-thirds of the ballots were electronic.
In Petawawa it was 73%.
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