Remote voting should be ready for the fall, says House committee

A majority of the members of the House Affairs Committee say House staff should work towards developing an app in time for September, when Parliament is expected to return.

Liberal MP Ruby Sahota, pictured on the Hill, chairs the House Affairs Committee, which recommends the MPs should be invited to take part in a mock sitting to test out the remote-voting app before Parliament's return in September.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY PALAK MANGAT

July 21, 2020

House staff should continue its efforts to develop a remote-voting app that would allow MPs to participate in proceedings from their ridings, in anticipation that the pandemic could make it unfeasible for all 338 MPs to occupy their seats in Ottawa when Parliament res...

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