R I P Evoting Machines

[Stanley 2]

'I had nothing to do with it,' says Cullen -



http://www.independent.ie/national-n...n-3154088.html

The FF omerta has kicked in, the journos at the Indo should keep on this, somewhere there are a few disgruntled civil servants wanting to relieve themselves.

Good luck to KK in Awfully, he should donate a few to Biffo's watering holes around Tullamore, kinda personalised modern monument, could load a jukebox in and have him singing from it.

[DCon]

'I had nothing to do with it,' says Cullen -



http://www.independent.ie/national-n...n-3154088.html

Damn these private citizens

Mr Dempsey has refused to comment, saying he is now a "private citizen" and directing questions to his successor at the Department of the Environment, Mr Cullen. Both Mr Cullen and Mr Ahern also refused to answer questions.

[PaddyJoe]

Damn these private citizens

Cullen is enjoying his retirement in sunnier parts these days according to the IMOS a couple of weeks back. Wonder what Dempsey is up to?

[Baron von Biffo]

Damn these private citizens

After a career of having to suck up to journalists and massage their egos to get favourable coverage, it must be very satisfying for ex-politicians to tell hacks to eff off.

[Baron von Biffo]

19th March 2009, 03:00 PM #89 SPN
Politics.ie Regular

I remember SPN. He was a dervish for the Greens during their calamitous participation in government. To say the least, his interest in truth and accuracy wasn't obsessive.

[Stanley 2]

I remember SPN. He was a dervish for the Greens during their calamitous participation in government. To say the least, his interest in truth and accuracy wasn't obsessive.

You may well be right, Baron, but this story keeps rearing it's head and with Dempsey/Cullen/Ahern at it's centre and all going on no comment/not available lines, there are questions to answer and Enda should be able to open the files.

[riposte]

Meanwhile, Kurt Kyck, whose company, KMK Metals Recycling Ltd, won the contract to dispose of the 7,500 machines, said he planned to sell 100 of the machines for €100 each, with the proceeds going to the Barretstown Camp in Co Kildare, which works with sick children.

But the department said the machines had to be recycled. It added: "The department would be concerned about the machines turning up in other places. The contract is quite specific about that."

I bet the department would be concerned about the machines turning up in other places....... how very embarrassing would that be?

[Baron von Biffo]

You may well be right, Baron, but this story keeps rearing it's head and with Dempsey/Cullen/Ahern at it's centre and all going on no comment/not available lines, there are questions to answer and Enda should be able to open the files.

The first question to be answered is why we needed an expensive solution when we hadn't a problem to begin with.

The current system is very transparent. If it takes a couple of days every 5 years to count the votes, well that's a small price to pay for democracy.

[Baron von Biffo]

Dept. of the Environment has slapped down the purchaser's plan to sell on 100 of the machines.

http://www.independent.ie/national-n...n-3155613.html

[Sidewinder]

Dept. of the Environment has slapped down the purchaser's plan to sell on 100 of the machines.

Hmmmmm. Obviously don't want any engineers getting their hands on them and trying to figure out how they were actually going to "work".

IMO the whole thing was an attempted coup from start to finish. May sound a tad sensationalist but the sheer amount of skulduggery involved in the entire saga....this was no mere case of typical FF incompetence but something a lot more sinister.

[Stanley 2]

Hmmmmm. Obviously don't want any engineers getting their hands on them and trying to figure out how they were actually going to "work".

IMO the whole thing was an attempted coup from start to finish. May sound a tad sensationalist but the sheer amount of skulduggery involved in the entire saga....this was no mere case of typical FF incompetence but something a lot more sinister.

Agreed, this was an attempt by Bertie for immortality for him and his FF Party.

[Ephilant]

Just thought you guys would be interested in this bit of news.
On Oct 14th coming, the Flemish are going to vote electronically, for the first time. 151 machines will be placed in various voting centres across the country.
They place their electronic vote, the machine prints it our for them and the printout is handed to the officials in the centre.
While extensive testing of the software is ongoing, ALL personel in the voting centres has so far been given over 40 training sessions in the use of the machines.

Many bits of "how do you vote electronically" have been handed out through the mail, in shopping centres, cinema's, anywhere where people can be reached. And they have an online video as well

http://www.vlaanderenkiest.be/digita...oe-je-zo-video

Simple...

[Stanley 2]

"Ah Jasus lads, whats the bleedin point in spending all that dough without knowing the result, you may as well back the feckin horses"

Guess who ?