[E-voting] Dick Roche on TV3

[Shane Hogan]

The Minister was interviewed by Ursula Halligan on TV3's 'The Political
Party' this afternoon. Ursula turned to eVoting as the last major topic of
the interview and the Minister was noticeably reticent and not gung-ho at
all at all. Ursula pushed him to commit to use of the Nedap system for the
EU constitution referendum (likely to be late 2005) but refused any
commitment and stated 'it will be ready when it is ready'. The most pushy
point he made was a single comment that 'It is a very good system'. He
repeatedly emphasised the importance of rebuilding public confidence, and
implied that this was an essential component of any roll-out.

 

Perhaps the recent meeting helped educate the Minister on the key issues..

 

Shane

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