Ireland Rejects E-Voting for Upcoming Elections

colmmacc writes "Following months of lobbying by groups such as Irish Citizens for Trustworthy Evoting and a damning and comprehensive report by Ireland's Commission on Electronic Voting, the Irish Minister for the Environment has bowed to pressure and conceded that the system has not been proven safe and has decided not to use Evoting for the forthcoming elections on June 11th.. This is a very welcome move following 6 months of indignation on the part of the Minister and refusals to meet with concerned groups."

Comments

IQ(Irelander) > IQ(USian)

[Anonymous Coward]

Evidence, at last!

Mrs Doyle...

[bendelo]

You'll have some e-voting... are you sure you don't want any? Aw go on, you'll have some.
Go on go on go on go on go on go on go on go on GO ON!

Re:Open Source?

[Nuclear Elephant]

the Irish Minister for the Environment has bowed to pressure and conceded that the system has not been proven safe

Unless the system ate somebody or gave someone herpes I'm not sure if it's accurate to say that it isn't safe. Perhaps he was looking for the word "reliable" ?

Re:Great for Ireland...

[Asterisk]

We've never had a president who didn't recieve a majority of the vote...

Give me a break

[Jack Wagner]

We can send a friggin space shuttle to outer space and back but we can't make a secure e-voting machine???? How hard is that????

Well, at least we've got the "free porn on the Internet" technology all worked out.

Alternate System

[cyber_rigger]

The candidates have a soccer game.

The side with the most fans left standing wins.

Re:Alternate System

[JosKarith]

Nah - Cage Match
With chainsaws.
Would sort out the men from the boys.

Surely not

[91degrees]

The wishes of the people does not come before the need to reduce the cost of running elections!

E-voting

[nizo]

Luckily the Irish were given a chance to vote on this issue, with 543,490,234 against and only 38 for electronic voting.

Troll? He was on topic!

[Anonymous Coward]

He's hung over, and posting on a story about Ireland.

How more on topic can you be?

Re:Wow...

[meringuoid]

Word of advice: do not confuse the Republic of Ireland with the UK. There are people around who get very... well, indignant about that.

Now, for your penance, go and get drunk on Guinness and sing something abusive about the English.

Re:IQ(Irelander) IQ(USian)

[Anonymous Coward]

i think you meant:

IQ(Irish) > IQ(*)

;-)

How To Respond With An Irish Accent

[FrankDrebin]

(for North Americans) Repeat the following words, quickly slurring them together:

whale oil beef hooked

Excuse me dear fellow...

[zoney_ie]

Cén sórt amadán thú in aon chor? Is cinnte nach bhfuil aon rud chliste le rá ag tusa!!!

Níl Éire laistigh den Ríocht Aontaithe faoi láthair, ach amháin an Thuaisceart.

ÉIRE GO DEO!!!

Ahem, yes, Ireland is indeed no longer part of the UK, apart from Northern Ireland of course, which remained a part of the UK after 1922. I'm guessing you're one of those few from the US who not only has eloquence problems, but also deficiencies in geographical and political knowledge.