GAA to introduce electronic voting

ELECTRONIC VOTING is to be introduced by the GAA at next year’s Annual Congress, replacing the traditional method of passing motions and voting by a show of hands process.

“We want to move the GAA into a more modern era,” explained Director of Communications Lisa Clancy. “What will happen is that you’ll have a speaker up speaking and when a vote is taken, you’ll be able to see the result straight away on the screen.”

Top GAA officials felt the age-old method of showing hands was too slow and decreed the new system necessary after this year’s Congress in County Down when the sheer scale of the 123 motions on the agenda meant that the debate on certain issues was hurried.