[E-voting] Role of civil service

[Aengus Lawlor]

On Sunday, January 23, 2005 10:04 AM [GMT],
Fergus O'Rourke <sitecom at tinet.ie> wrote:

> Aengus wrote recently:
>  [snip]
>
>> even a change of Government won't resolve this particular issue.
>
> Can't agree. Even if the opposition had not been polarised by FF's
> crazy decision to make this a partisan issue, a fresh administration
> with an open mind would be likely to see that the emperor had no
> clothes. They'd even have the proverbial little boy (in the form of
> the CEV) to point it out.
>
> Any alternative administration is going to be biassed against
> e-voting, FF-style.

FF didn't come up with Nedap/PowerVote - the officials in the department
were largely responsible for selecting the system. While a future
government that doesn't include FF might shrug off the attempts by FF to
pin the blame for the waste of the €50m on them,(especially if FF is
successful in forcing the use of the machines at the next election,
something that certainly won't surprise me), any new administration
would still be relying on the Franchise section to vet any alternative
solution for suitability.

Aengus