[LMB] OT: Voting was all-purpose open letter

[Dorian E. Gray]

Sue said...
>
> I am concerned that once computerised voting comes in that they will make 
> it
> impossible to spoil your ballot paper, which is what I've done for about 
> the
> last 15 years of elections.

They tried out electronic voting in a few constituencies (including mine), 
the election before last, here in Ireland.  And no, I couldn't see any way 
to spoil one's vote (not that I personally wanted to, mind you).

The whole thing came to naught, though, and we were back to good old pencil 
and paper for our General Election earlier this year.  (Which I prefer for 
many reasons, not least that there's no chance of the computer eating half 
the votes.)

Until the sky falls on our heads...

Dorian.
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