Ireland abandons electronic voting for elections in June: "The independent commission that yesterday forced the Government to abandon electronic voting in June's European and local elections believes paper records will be needed if voters are ever to accept the system.
In a brief report yesterday, the Commission on Electronic Voting found that the security of the voting system could not be guaranteed in time for the elections to be held.
However, The Irish Times understands that the commission believes that voting paper records of some kind will be needed to ensure public confidence, given 'the damage' that has been caused.
The Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen, again ruled out such paper records yesterday. 'No such system has been developed anywhere. There is a proposal for one in California in 2005, but nothing has been developed.'"
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