*Ø* Blogmanac | Ireland: E-voting canned
by Anthony Quinn, April 30
"Electronic voting will now not be used at the polls in June, according to the Irish government.
"Voters in all constituencies will be using a paper ballot rather than voting electronically on 11 June following the publication of the interim report of the Independent Commission on Electronic Voting.
"It is impossible to certify the accuracy of the software used in the e-voting system, the report said, adding that the absence of an auditable voting trail is all the more worrying in light of the potential problems. Furthermore, a number of tests performed at the request of the commission identified an error in the count software which could have led to incorrect distributions of surplus votes, according to the 28-page document. 'There is a possibility that further testing will uncover further software errors,' noted the commission."
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by Anthony Quinn, April 30
"Electronic voting will now not be used at the polls in June, according to the Irish government.
"Voters in all constituencies will be using a paper ballot rather than voting electronically on 11 June following the publication of the interim report of the Independent Commission on Electronic Voting.
"It is impossible to certify the accuracy of the software used in the e-voting system, the report said, adding that the absence of an auditable voting trail is all the more worrying in light of the potential problems. Furthermore, a number of tests performed at the request of the commission identified an error in the count software which could have led to incorrect distributions of surplus votes, according to the 28-page document. 'There is a possibility that further testing will uncover further software errors,' noted the commission."
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