The panel, convened by the Attorney General, will study the benefits and challenges of introducing online voting to provincial or local elections in British Columbia. The Chief electoral officer and Chair of the panel, Keith Archer suggested B.C. legislators “consider providing greater flexibility to the Chief Electoral Officer to introduce, on a pilot basis, a variety of new voting technologies” in his report on Recommendations for Legislative Change in November last year.
The Georgia Straight’s Stephen Hui covered the announcement of the panel appointments and questions the panel will address in his article, Elections B.C. appoints Internet voting panel members.