House staff say remote voting app could be ready by September

Conservative MP Corey Tochor says the new application is the most expensive way to vote. A House official says the app has been developed using existing staff and budgets.

Stéphan Aubé, the House administration's chief information officer, says an application to allow for remote voting could be ready for use when the House returns in September.Image courtesy House of Commons

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BY PALAK MANGAT

July 6, 2020

House technical staff have been working to develop an application that could be used to allow remote voting amid the COVID-19 pandemic, members of a House committee heard Monday, a move that so far has come at no additional cost but has left some MPs worried about the ultimate price-tag. Stéphan A...

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