Monday, February 01, 2010
Ireland ponders how to dispose of its voting machines
Ireland jumped into the electronic voting arena, acquiring 52 million euros worth of equipment... and then determined the risk of using them was too high. So now they're stuck.
Times Online - Voting machines to be cast out - January 24, 2010
Previously:
February 10, 2005 understanding the true costs of voting machines
February 07, 2005 Ireland does things right
February 03, 2005 Canadian e-voting officials, behold your future: Ireland
Eight years after they were acquired for €52m, the government wants to return 7,500 barely used electronic voting machines to their manufacturer.
John Gormley, the environment minister, announced last March that he had set up an inter-departmental taskforce to deal with the disposal of the machines, after deciding they would never be used to count votes in an Irish election.
Times Online - Voting machines to be cast out - January 24, 2010
Previously:
February 10, 2005 understanding the true costs of voting machines
February 07, 2005 Ireland does things right
February 03, 2005 Canadian e-voting officials, behold your future: Ireland
Labels: electronic voting, ireland
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