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Journey of an online ballot cast in the Northwest Territories election. Voter's credentials (incl. birthdate) and ballot selections are sent to Toronto data centre of US-based cloud provider. Data is decrypted, inspected, and sent on to election server. #nwtvotes #nwtvotes2019 Image
Here's a geographic interpretation of the journey of an NWT voter's online ballot: it's sent over the internet to a Toronto data centre, it's collected and counted by a Montreal based company, and the results are provided to Elections NWT. Image
Why does this matter? Paper-ballot elections are a traditionally local affair, so people need to know this is a totally new world we're living in. Your ballot is travelling a distance farther than New York to L.A. and back.
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