Charlie McCreevy (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)

Electronic voting will deliver to voters and political practitioners a higher level of service and a high class, modernised voting and counting system. The Government believes that, subject to rigorous testing and due diligence, these benefits should be delivered as quickly as possible to the people. This progress should not be delayed to the public and certainly not on account of conspiracy theories or ideological opposition to electronic voting.

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