Ireland faces €50m e-voting write-off

[corksean]

A lack of public confidence in e-voting means that Ireland may be forced into writing off its €50m investment in electronic ballot systems.

Michael Noonan, chairman of the Dail (Government) Public Accounts Committee, expressed doubts that the current system will ever be introduced, after last year's debacle where plans to initiate e-voting were scrapped over security concerns, the Irish Times reports. Even if the system is found to be safe, few ministers would give it the go-ahead because the public would have little trust in it, he told the newspaper.

Noonan made his comments ahead of an inquiry into expenditure on the e-voting initiative. Officials from the Department of Environment are due before the committee today to answer criticisms over the the scheme.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/04/ireland_evoting_bill/

(Sorry to post second hand link. Original Irish Times Link is Subscription only).

[MaineDem]

1. Go raibh maith agat

It's good to see one country on top of this!

[Bridget Burke]

2. Good for them....

One of the posters at P45.NET suggested selling the machines to Republicans. (The American kind, not the Irish.)

[City Lights]

3. Hi corksean!

:hi:

Check your PM. :-)

[earth mom]

4. Love it that the people of Ireland have such good ethics...

My dad was Irish, so I'm half Irish. Maybe it's time to immigrate...back to Ireland! :)