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Pencil on ballot paper

montane · 2011-02-26 00:44:58

I wonder why we do not use indelible ink on our ballot papers. Pencil can be rubbed out easily. All it takes is a few thousand euro in bribes to get presiding officer, gardai to "forget" about their supervision instructions for a half hour. Our country is not exactly the epitome of transparency. Every man can be bought -…

26-02-2011 12:44am

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montane

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I wonder why we do not use indelible ink on our ballot papers. Pencil can be rubbed out easily. All it takes is a few thousand euro in bribes to get presiding officer, gardai to "forget" about their supervision instructions for a half hour.

Our country is not exactly the epitome of transparency. Every man can be bought - it's just a question of how much.

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#2 26-02-2011 12:49am

Chris P. Bacon

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Fianna Fail will be rubbed out tomorrow.

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#3 26-02-2011 1:00am

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If you were brideing enough people to "rub out" the pencil marks, then you could just as easily forge new papers and mark who ever you want as number 1

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