Voting using pencils???

Warper

Went into vote today, wont say where. I wasnt asked for any ID and all they had to mark my selections were pencils??? Wtf, sure anyone can rub out what i put down and change my selection. They probably wouldnt but still the system is open to abuse. Why not use a biro ffs.

MrJoeSoap

Warper wrote: »

Went into vote today, wont say where. I wasnt asked for any ID and all they had to mark my selections were pencils??? Wtf, sure anyone can rub out what i put down and change my selection. They probably wouldnt but still the system is open to abuse. Why not use a biro ffs.

Support the Irish pencil industry you cheapskate.

Nobody is going around rubbing out your votes ya lunatic.

Warper

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Support the Irish pencil industry you cheapskate.

Nobody is going around rubbing out your votes ya lunatic.

They are, I can feel it

MrJoeSoap

Warper wrote: »

They are, I can feel it

Then just vote the way they want you to vote, problem solved.

Mark200

If you have ever voted before then you should have been given a pencil then too. Also if you've ever seen a count centre you would know its virtually impossible for someone to change your vote without everyone seeing

MrJoeSoap

Mark200 wrote: »

If you have ever voted before then you should have been given a pencil then too. Also if you've ever seen a count centre you would know its virtually impossible for someone to change your vote without everyone seeing

Yeah but what about the overnight ballot pixies with the rubbers?

Aoifey!

Are you sure you actually went to vote and didn't just stay home and draw a picture?

Eurovisionmad

Warper wrote: »

Went into vote today, wont say where. I wasnt asked for any ID and all they had to mark my selections were pencils??? Wtf, sure anyone can rub out what i put down and change my selection. They probably wouldnt but still the system is open to abuse. Why not use a biro ffs.

If they were rubbed out they would be considered spoilt, there's no rubber in the ballot box so any rubbed out marking would be considered to be evidence of tampering, if you do need to change something you ask the presiding officer for a new ballot paper and he takes the spoilt one.

shofukan

Roughly 1/3 of people are checked for id.
If there are eraser marks on the page, the vote is counted as spoilt.
- A poll clerk.

Eathrin

Come back here with your theories when Dana is president.

hondasam

Warper wrote: »

Went into vote today, wont say where. I wasnt asked for any ID and all they had to mark my selections were pencils??? Wtf, sure anyone can rub out what i put down and change my selection. They probably wouldnt but still the system is open to abuse. Why not use a biro ffs.

you should have brought your own biro, I used a biro that was there.

Kasabian

They had a selection of crayons where I voted. I stayed for hours.

hondasam

Kasabian wrote: »

They had a selection of crayons where I voted. I stayed for hours.

Did you vote in your old classroom?

Local-womanizer

hondasam wrote: »

Did you vote in your old classroom?

I did, the place is actually nice now, the little feckers :mad: I made that place what it is today with all our fund-raising!

InkSlinger67

They were wax pencils ftw!

Kasabian

hondasam wrote: »

Did you vote in your old classroom?

Yes. I even hung the picture I coloured in for teacher, it will be a lovely surprise when she gets back.

bleg

They're all laughing at us with our pencils!

hondasam

Kasabian wrote: »

Yes. I even hung the picture I coloured in for teacher, it will be a lovely surprise when she gets back.

Were you teacher's pet? I hope it was a nice pic and not rude:pac:

Kasabian

hondasam wrote: »

Were you teacher's pet? I hope it was a nice pic and not rude:pac:

I was the best child at school. I drew a pony. I was upset that I hadn't brought "my little pony" lunch box, could have had it at the desk while staying between the lines.

Caraville

Jaysus talk about a bad dose of the Jim Corrs OP

Mint Sauce

You'd think we would have got with the times and got electronic voting machines......

:rolleyes:

Kasabian

irish-stew wrote: »

You'd think we would have got with the times and got electronic voting machines......

:rolleyes:

If only someone thought of that, could be done relatively cheaply.

starbelgrade

irish-stew wrote: »

You'd think we would have got with the times and got electronic voting machines......

:rolleyes:

They invested in electronic counting machines this year.

Someone told me that they're called "calculators" or some such thing.

randylonghorn

The voter will go into one of the compartments, and, with the pencil provided there, mark his ballot paper by placing the figure 1 opposite the name of the candidate for whom he votes. He may also place the figures 2, 3, and so on, in accordance with the order of his choice or preference opposite the names of other candidates (that is to say): he must place the figure 1 opposite to the name of the candidate for whom he votes;

Irish Electoral Act 1923

Mind you, I have no idea whether that's the most up to date one, but given the pencils are still around ...

Plus if they provided pens everyone would walk away with them, like they do at the Lotto booths!

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Yeah but what about the overnight ballot pixies with the rubbers?

They're all on the pill now ...

immature ejaculation

I used a coloring pencil. It was blue!

Bob the Seducer

Aren't they... you know, indelible pencils, ie; the ones you can't rub out?

I'll feck off with my logic/common sense now, carry on!

Wertz

always thought it was because no-one steals pencils.

Think pens and ink were also a lot messier back when election guidleines were drawn up...smudging and other such issues could spoil a ballot.

tempura

MrJoeSoap wrote: »

Yeah but what about the overnight ballot pixies with the rubbers?

That would be a great name for a Band !

Ruu_Old

E-voting ftw. oh wait.

osnola ibax

Bob the Seducer wrote: »

Aren't they... you know, incredible, pencils, eh; the ones you can't rub out?, Giggsy Wiggsy on the wing, hmmm, jumpers for goal posts, hmmm hmmm

FYP

Niles

I went in with a tube of prittstick, scissors and passport photos...

cailinardthair

They gave me markers.....made me feel so grown up!!!:D

Capt'n Midnight

Pens might leak. Or this being Ireland more likely nicked.

In the 1960s, NASA astronauts discovered that their pens did not work in zero gravity. So like good engineers, they went to work and designed a wonder pen. It worked upside down. It worked in vacuum. It worked in zero gravity. It even worked underwater! And it only cost a million dollars!

The crafty Russians used a pencil.

Joekers

Pencils what don't let the Europeans know we will be the laughing stock of Europe, us Irish and our pencils

Cossax

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Pens might leak. Or this being Ireland more likely nicked.

In the 1960s, NASA astronauts discovered that their pens did not work in zero gravity. So like good engineers, they went to work and designed a wonder pen. It worked upside down. It worked in vacuum. It worked in zero gravity. It even worked underwater! And it only cost a million dollars!

The crafty Russians used a pencil.

Alas, not.

Capt'n Midnight

Cossax wrote: »

Alas, not.

http://i.imgur.com/QR1KH.jpg FACT !

Capt'n Midnight

as an economy measure we will do this when the current supply of pencils has run out

http://i.imgur.com/A48DY.jpg

kincsem

Our pencil was tied with string. Cruel or what? Free the pencil.

im invisible

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

as an economy measure we will do this when the current supply of pencils has run out

http://i.imgur.com/A48DY.jpg

reminds me of when i was in primary school, (and not this evening, voting...) i used to pare pencils down that far, had one that i pared from both ends, and it ended up something like this <>, or this actually
/\
\/
...fun times

Jesus Wept

randylonghorn wrote: »

The voter will go into one of the compartments, and, with the pencil provided there, mark his ballot paper by placing the figure 1 opposite the name of the candidate for whom he votes. He may also place the figures 2, 3, and so on, in accordance with the order of his choice or preference opposite the names of other candidates (that is to say): he must place the figure 1 opposite to the name of the candidate for whom he votes;

Irish Electoral Act 1923

Mind you, I have no idea whether that's the most up to date one, but given the pencils are still around ...

Plus if they provided pens everyone would walk away with them, like they do at the Lotto booths!

They're all on the pill now ...

stealing pencils > stealing pens AINEC.

sdanseo

Being of the school of thought that the guys sitting at the desk are not there to steal my identity, I always offer my ID. I work in a shop and cant look at a customers account without confirming three pieces of personal information; but I can elect the president based on stating my name. I think ID checking should be mandatory but alas too many people in "ah it'll be grand" Ireland would be turned away - turnout would be too low to even bother.

Colilfc

Joke is on you, brought my own pen to vote with and gave all the candidates lovely little Hitler muzzies.

Stinicker

Ruu wrote: »

E-voting ftw. oh wait.

Gallagher would be delighted, it was a masterstroke of FF corruption, they almost sneaked that one in under our noses. However the quickly discovered that their core voter support base was too stupid to know how to vote using buttons and that there was millions to be made out of the voting storage for their cronies and "connected people".