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Seeking The Source For Ireland's E-Voting System

Posted by timothy on from the secret-sauce dept.

WeeBull writes "Michael Cunningham from p45.net tried to request 'the source code of the electronic voting system first used in Ireland's May 2002 general election, plus any supporting technical documentation supplied to the Department of Environment and Local Government including the functional specifications' under Ireland's Freedom of Information legislation. The result wasn't what he expected ..."

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  1. Expectations by isorox · · Score: 5, Funny

    The result wasn't what he expected

    You mean he got everything he asked for, overnight, with no questions asked?

  2. Wow.. this is unusual by SeanTobin · · Score: 5, Funny

    You mean a company or government actually bought a piece of software without the source code!

    What kind of world are we living in?

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  3. Re:Paper and Pencil by Timesprout · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ah that might explain why the unknown Hans Lederhosen Beckenbauer was elected by a landslide majority in Dublin.

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  4. in other news by SHEENmaster · · Score: 4, Funny

    the United States of America just switched to an electronic voting system.

    In an unrelated matter, Bill Gates is now President despite not even being present on the ballot or this being an election year. George Bush was called a "sore loser" by the media; why can't he just accept that the recount clearly shows Gates ahead by 8 million votes?

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