Research indicates high levels of confidence in Irish electoral system

Ballot boxes in a warehouse in Dublin. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

High levels of confidence in Ireland’s electoral system have been indicated in new research.

Some 94% of respondents agreed that elections are conducted in accordance with the law, and 88% said that elections are well managed and that election officials are fair while 96% of voters claimed that they are confident that their ballot papers were secret once they put then in the ballot box.