Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Electronic voting - The Irish Times - Tue, Mar 17, 2009

Electronic voting - The Irish Times - Tue, Mar 17, 2009:

THE GOVERNMENT finds itself in a deep hole because of the purchase and storage of thousands of electronic voting machines. It should stop digging. What had seemed like a good idea, way back in 1999, has turned out to be an unmitigated disaster. The initial waste of public money on the purchase of this dangerously insecure system has been compounded by the establishment of long-term leases of up to 30 years for the storage of machines in controlled environments.

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