Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has asked for a cabinet submission on the use of swipe cards for MP voting, in an effort to speed up the process in Parliament.
The current system of manually counting votes is laborious and time-consuming. With 1.3 per cent of time spent in the lower house consumed by the voting process, there is a valid argument for introducing an electronic voting system, to allow Parliament extra time to focus on matters of higher importance.
Electronic voting isn’t a new idea. Singapore and the Ukraine currently allow senators to vote electronically. The Parliamentary Procedures Committee has also previously recommended the use of swipe or touch cards for MP voting.
With blockchain eVoting technology already being used around the world, the successful implementation of electronic voting within Parliament could possibly pave the way to public electronic voting for future federal elections.
What do you think? Is it a waste of money or will electronic voting increase accuracy and save tax payers money?
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