Electronic Voting News
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A Vote for Change
Board members, community association managers, and homeowners have been forced to fundamentally change how they go about conducting business in their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Holding on-site meetings is no longer feasible nor is expecting owners to cast their vote in person; both activities are simply too risky in this current state. Fortunately, the solution to these challenges already exists in the form of electronic voting. -
Condo Board Elections and Voting
The Ontario Condominium Act Must Consider The Limitations and Risks of Proxy Forms and Abolish Them In Favour of Electronic Voting -
Electronic Voting Leading the way for 2020
Technology will continue to be the main story for condominium corporations in 2020. Leading the way will be the increasing popularity of electronic voting, which is ensuring better communication with condo owners and assisting board members and condo managers in achieving proper governance of their communities. -
Condo Democracy - Ensuring fairness in condo voting
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Condo board elections and voting: No more proxy fraud
The condominium lifestyle grows ever more popular in Ontario: over 11,000 condominium corporations are registered throughout the province, each governed by a board of directors typically comprised of inexperienced owners who step forward as volunteers. -
Electronic Voting Trumps the Power of Substitution
Now Unit Owners Can Vote for Themselves, Rather Than Allowing Proxies That Consolidate Power in the Hands of a Few Individuals -
How electronic voting works in condos
Changes to the Condominium Act, enacted in November, 2017, allow Ontario condominium corporations to conduct owner voting by electronic means. While this is new for Ontario, electronic voting has been used in Australia and in more than 20 U.S. states for some time. -
Electronic voting for condos comes to Canada
As Ontario prepares to digitize aspects of the voting process in the upcoming provincial election, a U.S.-based company is paving the way for condo corporations to make a similar move. Vote HOA Now, which serves clients in Mexico and close to half of the U.S. states, is bringing electronic voting, or e-voting, for condos to Canada through a new company called CondoVoter. -
Electronic voting now available to condos in Ontario
A Toronto-based condo lawyer is changing the voting game for condo corporations in Ontario. Denise Lash and her new company, CondoVoter, are making it possible for owners and investors to vote electronically.