Improving e-voting system ‘the common sense thing to do’

ENVIRONMENT Minister Dick Roche yesterday signalled the Government’s intention to push ahead with the flawed €52 million electronic voting system.

On Tuesday, the Commission for Electronic Voting, an independent body established by the Government to examine the system, issued a report finding severe flaws in the software used to count votes.

The commission said that while it could recommend the e-voting machines themselves for use — albeit with some minor modifications — it couldn’t recommend the software.