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Re: Election in Ireland today
Scottish Dubliner
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Thu 24 May, 2007 4:12 PM Quote
[url=]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voting_in_Ireland[/url]

Last I heard they were gathering dust in a wharehose in Kildare. Probably better off spilling Guinness on them
 
Re: Election in Ireland today
Scottish Dubliner
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Thu 24 May, 2007 4:14 PM Quote
dee wrote:
they are in storage.
if fine gael get in they are gonna try flog them to some other country.
the only reason they didn't use them was cos of all the complaints when nora owen lost her seat.
they work just fine.


Really, I didn't know that. hmmm interesting how the media like to spin these thing to suit themselves
 
Re: Election in Ireland today
dee
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dee Posted Thu 24 May, 2007 4:37 PM Quote
Scottish Dubliner wrote:
dee wrote:
they are in storage.
if fine gael get in they are gonna try flog them to some other country.
the only reason they didn't use them was cos of all the complaints when nora owen lost her seat.
they work just fine.


Really, I didn't know that. hmmm interesting how the media like to spin these thing to suit themselves


that's exactly whats happening.
elections are a lot less exciting for tv execs when the results come in instantly and there's no agonizing recounts just because of 2 or 3 votes
 
Re: Election in Ireland today
Scottish Dubliner
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Thu 24 May, 2007 4:52 PM Quote
Quote:
that's exactly whats happening.
elections are a lot less exciting for tv execs when the results come in instantly and there's no agonizing recounts just because of 2 or 3 votes


B@stards, I really hate the media, they are constantly sensationalizing things, Selective reporting and twisting stuff to suit themselves
 
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