Irish Reject E-Voting, Go Back To Paper

Death Metal tips news that the Irish government has announced their decision to abandon e-voting and return to a paper-based system. "Ireland has already put about $67 million into building out its e-voting infrastructure, but the country has apparently decided that it would be even more expensive to keep going with the system than it would be to just scrap it altogether." John Gormley, Ireland's Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, said, "It is clear from consideration of the Report of the Commission on Electronic Voting that significant additional costs would arise to advance electronic voting in Ireland. ... the assurance of public confidence in the democratic system is of paramount importance and it is vital to bring clarity to the present situation." He added that he still thinks there is a need for electoral reform.

Comments

Not suprising

[Anonymous Coward]

The e-voting machines were too hard to use when pissed.

Re:Not suprising

[wisnoskij]

Their appears to be a lot of more Irish racism then i would of suspected. I wounder why that is.

Re:Not suprising

[kpainter]

Their appears to be a lot of more Irish racism then i would of suspected. I wounder why that is.

Would that be racism as in "I'll race you to the pub"?
Lighten up. And yes, I am Irish.

Re:STV

[CarpetShark]

I am in favour of anything that would break the current logjam.

Have you considered a beaver?

"Change Vote To Republican" not the same there

[billstewart]

The real problem with using American-style electronic voting machines is that the "Change the vote to Republican" option that was such a big sales pitch here in the US doesn't work in Ireland, where the "Republican Party" is a different group of people...