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7,000 Irish e-Voting Machines To Be Scrapped

Posted by Soulskill on from the return-on-investment dept.

lampsie writes "You may recall from back in January 2012 that the Irish government had deemed their stock of 7,000 e-voting machines 'worthless.' Turns out they are not — after spending upwards of €54 million purchasing them almost a decade ago, all 7,000 will now be scrapped for €70,000 (just over nine Euros each). The machines were scrapped because 'they could not be guaranteed to be safe from tampering [...] and they could not produce a printout so that votes/results could be double-checked.'"

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  1. chéad phost by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    chéad phost

    1. Re:chéad phost by Hognoxious · · Score: 3, Funny

      chéad mÃle iomarcaÃochtaÃ

      Fuck off, Legolas.

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  2. awwwww by slashmydots · · Score: 3, Funny

    Daaaaamn, what a waste, considering people have proven you can run Tetris on them. They could have had a whole arcade.

  3. Re: Chad? by rnturn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Texas and Florida are probably submitting bids at this very moment.

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