A candidate for the Clare County Council elections who was paid to store evoting machines in Ennis has said he prefers the old paper system anyway.
Ennis West Fine Gael hopeful, Tony Mulqueen warehouse storage in the town was used to store 200 E-voting machines and equipment after plans to use them were shelved in the local elections of 2004.
A candidate for the Clare County Council elections who was paid to store evoting machines in Ennis has said he prefers the old paper system anyway.
Ennis West Fine Gael hopeful, Tony Mulqueen warehouse storage in the town was used to store 200 E-voting machines and equipment after plans to use them were shelved in the local elections of 2004.
The failed e voting system was finally scrapped yesterday despite cots of 51 million euro, including thousands spent on storage in Clare and other counties.
Tony Mulqueen says he never even saw the machines himself, though he did found out his storage facilities were much cheaper than other counties!
Meanwhile, a Clare Government TD is defending the government’s storage of the electronic voting machines, which cost the taxpayer an average 800 thousand euro a year
Fianna Fail Deputy Timmy Dooley said it was a very considerable investment in high tec equipment but given the economic downturn it’s no longer feasible to retain the machines
