System failure: Ahern is still defending the indefensible on e-voting

IF evidence was needed for the corruption of power, it was provided abundantly in the Taoiseach’s recent Dáil outburst on the attempt to introduce e-voting.

The system chosen by the Government was such that it would be impossible to verify that the votes counted were the votes cast.

In fact, the Government’s own commission declared it to have the potential to undermine the legitimacy of the electoral system.