Ahern admits fraud potential of faulty electoral register

The electoral system could be open to voter fraud if the register is not properly updated before the next General Election, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern tonight told the Dáil.

It emerged yesterday that 17,000 people eligible to vote in the Dublin South-East constituency were not registered and a further 15,000 people who have died or moved from the area were still on the register.