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Thread: Phil Hogan announces that the evoting machines are officially for sale

  1. 13th January 2012, 09:15 PM #171
    irishpurplerevolution
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    Can we sell Brian Hayes aswell he's such a public asset.
    Apologies, of course that should read public ASS
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  3. 18th January 2012, 01:41 PM #172
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  4. 18th January 2012, 02:05 PM #173
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jude the obscure View Post
    However, because of all the bluster from the then opposition, i.e. Fine Gael/Labour, public confidence in the machines was shattered and a decision was made to discontinue the project which had been used successfully on a pilot basis in some local elections.
    How do you know they were used "successfully"?

    The machines were used, a result was given, and that was that.

    The result was never verified. Why? Because it wasn't possible to verify the result, because there was no audit trail.

    The machines were used in 3 constituencies in 2002, when FG were wiped out.

    Imagine if the machines had been used for the first time in all constituencies in 2002, where the FG seat count was halved.

    Would FG have had any recourse for a recount, or a recheck, based on a verifiable audit trail? No.

    Chaos would have ensued.
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