Why e-voting would have been a fiasco

THE real fiasco that would have resulted if the Government had got its way and used a flawed electronic voting system that has cost €52 million so far was revealed last night.

A second report from an independent body said tests on the software central to the system showed that: the wrong candidate was eliminated in some cases where votes were tied; the software could be manipulated to change the outcome of a vote; and design flaws inherent in the software could compromise the accuracy of an election.