I should change my vote to dublin.
I will be driving home to vote though and i dont mind that really
The only point/question i am making/asking is: why not have electronic voting?
I would suggest that its possibly cheaper to administer than the current manual system and probably more secure and reliable as there is no human manual intervention. It could be audited im sure in a number of ways to give assurance as to its reliability etc.
It would be a lot more convenient for everyone if they could just log in (perhaps with pps number or something) to vote rather than physically going somewhere.
So why is this not a in place?
Im not debating the aspect of immigrants/emmigrants etc voting. I just would like to hear peoples views as to why we cannot vote electronically? We bank and buy stuff and do all sorts of important transactions online. To me voting online seems obvious and simple and would open up the possibility for our people living abroad to vote (if that was deemed aplropriate) .
Why is this not a reality?
I dont accept the arguement that it would be costly to implement. Yes sure it would cost a bob or 2 to put in place but so what?
1. Re fraud - surely the current manual system is open to fraud in terms of counting votes.
As per my link above 123 other countries have provisions in place for their citizens who live abroad to vote so what's so special about Ireland that they can't do the same?
Hundreds of thousands of us were forced to emigrate throughout our most recent recession
Iv never been involved in the counting process so I don't know exactly how it works. as I mentioned above they probably do have safeguards to prevent fraud. but given that it is a manual process it is inherently more risky than an automated process. Collusion between two individuals could result in fraud. its probably unlikely that it would happen but if it did it would have sever consequences potentially and therefore is a significant risk. Don't ask me how exactly 2 individuals would collude...but suffice to say its counting of votes by humans with oversight in place...that to me equates to a risk of collusion....and don't ask me what the motivation etc would be for collusion...
How would you secure an online voting system from fraud? When cyber espionage services are available so cheaply, it would be very easy to arrange massive manipulation of the results.
"In terms of security, how do you propose each individual in a household is confirmed 100% to be who they say, and how do you confirm with 100% certainty that no one else is observing or influencing their vote? And given successive government's abject failures in implementing IT systems, what makes us think they could ever get this right?
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And given successive government's abject failures in implementing IT systems, what makes us think they could ever get this right?
Americans can vote if they live abroad but they also have to make a US tax return, no matter where they live.As per my link above 123 other countries have provisions in place for their citizens who live abroad to vote so what's so special about Ireland that they can't do the same?
If we bring in tax returns for emigrants, the clamour for emigrant voting would fall away like snow off a rope.Americans can vote if they live abroad but they also have to make a US tax return, no matter where they live.
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