The city of Regina distributed an information pamphlet for voters. (CBC)

The city of Regina is considering an online system for voting, following a sharp decline in voter turnout in Wednesday's election.

Results from the city's returning officer released Friday show just 35,986 people in Regina voted on Wednesday, which represents a voter turnout of 25 per cent.

Three years ago, the turnout in Regina was 36 per cent.

"It is a sad day for democracy in our two major cities," Don Ravis, a spokesman for Lead Saskatoon Futures Inc., told CBC News.

'It is a sad day for democracy.'—Don Ravis, Lead Saskatoon Futures

The organization challenged voters in Regina and Saskatoon to see which city could muster the best turnout. Unofficial numbers from Saskatoon showed that only 27 per cent of eligible voters cast a ballot on Wednesday.

Ravis laid some of the blame for the poor turnout on the quality of people standing for election.

"Fringe candidates don't help the process," Ravis said, although he did not identify anyone specifically. "We had examples of many making a mockery of the system."

Regina's city clerk and returning officer said online voting could improve turnout.

"I think it is something we will certainly look at," Joni Swidnicki said. "Right now the legislation does not allow for it. But we will be keeping track if those types of changes come in and see whether or not there isn't a possibility of introducing that so folks might have the opportunity to vote anytime, anywhere."

The city of Regina did use other new media tools during the election, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

According to the city, the most popular site was YouTube, where 9,182 views of candidate videos were noted.

The city also distributed election information on Twitter, where it had 76 followers, and was friends with 300 people on Facebook.