[E-voting] Question on optical scan

[Timothy Murphy]

On Thursday 20 January 2005 11:09, David O'Callaghan wrote:

> > One great attraction of e-voting is its simplicity.
> > Any additiion or alternative needs to be as simple
> > (or only a little more complicated).
>
> The same could be said of our current system, and the proposed
> electronic system does not pass the test of being "as simple".

I don't agree.
My own reaction to the last count I attended (at the RDS) was
"This can't be the best way to do it",
and I believe that was the reaction of most people there.

There is a strong argument in favour of e-voting,
even though there are also grave doubts
about the system proposed.

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