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Vital Issue: COIR to monitor vote

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    #2
    turgon
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    SineadLewis wrote: »
    I would say that there will be all sorts of trickery going on as we strive to get the "correct" decision.

    I would say your completely and utterly wrong.


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    ei.sdraob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,376 ✭✭✭ei.sdraob


    SineadLewis wrote: »
    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0930/1224255526131.html

    Coir plans to monitor polling and box seals.

    As Stalin says knew well, it's not who votes, it's who counts the votes.

    I would say that there will be all sorts of trickery going on as we strive to get the "correct" decision.

    ahem

    Mr Ganley had demanded a re-check of the bundles of votes at the count centre in Castlebar, Co Mayo, because he was concerned that up to 11,000 votes could have been mistakenly allocated to another candidate.

    But the re-check revealed that he himself had got 3,000 votes in error from independent candidate Fiachra O Luain and this cut his first preferences back to 67,000. This put him 13,000 votes behind the three front-runners.

    :D


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    PopeBuckfastXVI
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    SineadLewis wrote: »
    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0930/1224255526131.html

    Coir plans to monitor polling and box seals.

    As Stalin knew well, it's not who votes, it's who counts the votes.

    I would say that there will be all sorts of trickery going on as we strive to get the "correct" decision.

    Starting the 'stolen referendum' myth a bit early there Sinead, you might want to wait until you actually lose...


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    Funglegunk
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    SineadLewis wrote: »
    Coir plans to monitor polling and box seals.

    Not sure why you're implying foul play here, it's standard practice for interested parties to monitor polling stations. It's essential to the democratic process!


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    ednwireland
    Registered Users Posts: 14,301 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    Funglegunk wrote: »
    Not sure why you're implying foul play here, it's standard practice for interested parties to monitor polling stations. It's essential to the democratic process!

    +1 thought it was standard practice, mind some nice conspiracy theories would be good ( shame we havent got electronic voting then we'd really have something to complain about

    My weather

    https://www.ecowitt.net/home/share?authorize=96CT1F



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    SineadLewis
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    PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »
    you might want to wait until you actually lose...

    This is the real world, buddy.

    As for losing, don't you be jumping the gun. The "establishment" must be very worried about the outcome, how else can you expain the outright fear mongering?


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    ei.sdraob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,376 ✭✭✭ei.sdraob


    SineadLewis wrote: »
    This is the real world, buddy.

    As for losing, don't you be jumping the gun. The "establishment" must be very worried about the outcome, how else can you expain the outright fear mongering?

    You obviously missed the

    Coir/Sinn Fein/Libertas/Socialists

    posters :rolleyes:


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    SineadLewis
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    ednwireland wrote: »
    shame we havent got electronic voting then we'd really have something to complain about

    I think we should stick with Berties "little stubby pencils" for a while yet.


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    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,076 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    SineadLewis wrote: »
    This is the real world, buddy.

    As for losing, don't you be jumping the gun. The "establishment" must be very worried about the outcome, how else can you expain the outright fear mongering?

    In a world where sending people out the wording of the proposed amendment with their polling card is 'propeganda' you can't be too careful I suppose. Be sure to strap on that tinfoil hat good and tight tommorrow.


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    r0nanf
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    Jesus with the amount of inverted commas flying around here you'd think we were in the conspiracy theories board


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    r0nanf
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    Also, where is the vital issue here?


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    Sully
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Regional South East Moderators Posts: 24,056 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sully


    Obviouslly we must vote Yes to Lisbon since COIR are monitoring the vote.

    Or something?


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    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    Sully wrote: »
    Obviouslly we must vote Yes to Lisbon since COIR are monitoring the vote.

    Or something?

    I'll opt for something.


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    yiddo_til_i_die
    Closed Accounts Posts: 45 ✭yiddo_til_i_die


    SineadLewis wrote: »
    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0930/1224255526131.html

    Coir plans to monitor polling and box seals.

    As Stalin knew well, it's not who votes, it's who counts the votes.

    I would say that there will be all sorts of trickery going on as we strive to get the "correct" decision.

    You could be right, there appears to have been thus far


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    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    SineadLewis wrote: »
    I would say that there will be all sorts of trickery going on as we strive to get the "correct" decision.

    The CT forum is thataway ---->


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    Long Onion
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    Do they not have to appropriately registered as electoral agents first, otherwise they are not allowed to be present at the polling stations. I think it is inherently wrong to allow any vested interest to be allowed monitor polling stations - it raises all manner of issues relating to undue influence and flies in the face of democracy.

    Let them be there at the tallying by all means but they can feck off away from the polling stations.


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    Scofflaw
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    Beruthiel wrote: »
    The CT forum is thataway ---->

    They wouldn't accept the thread without a coherent CT behind it. Now if the "vote-rigging" claims were a Bilderberg conspiracy, rather than psychological preparation for a possible defeat, it might have legs there.

    cordially,
    Scofflaw


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    prinz
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    Long Onion wrote: »
    Let them be there at the tallying by all means but they can feck off away from the polling stations.


    Is it even legal to have someone 'monitor' the polling boxes, other than the election officials? I can only hope there are some Cóir heads watching the polling booths/boxes when I go vote..


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    Long Onion
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    prinz wrote: »
    Is it even legal to have someone 'monitor' the polling boxes, other than the election officials?

    You can apply to be considered as an official agent, but as mentioned, I really can't see a grant benn given to an vested interest. Generally it's only the officials and the Gardai.


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