A Clare Councillor Elect is calling for smart technology to be employed to reduce the number of unnecessary spoiled votes.
It comes just over a week after voters cast their ballots in this county’s local elections in which 571 invalid votes were recorded across Ennis, Ennistymon, Kilrush, Killaloe and Shannon.
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It’s understood that in some cases, votes were invalidated as ballot papers had not been punched appropriately, despite voters marking their preferences clearly.
Newmarket-On-Fergus Fianna Fáil Councillor Elect David Griffin says it shouldn’t happen in this day and age.
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