Voting to go digital: Pyne
The Government plans to introduce electronic voting to the lower house of the Australian Federal Parliament by 2019, the leader of the House of Representatives, Christopher Pyne, has announced.
A statement said the Department of Parliamentary Services would soon invite tenders from Australian businesses to handle the job.
“The implementation of electronic voting will reduce significantly the time required for each vote in the chamber,” Pyne stated.
“Voting outcomes will be transparent, accurate, and known immediately freeing up more time for important parliamentary business to be conducted each day the House sits.
“Electronic voting will also provide an electronic solution for recording division voting and improve online accessibility to division process and results.”
Do you support electronic voting in the House of Representatives?
This is not for the Plebs, we will still have to use a pencil.