Michael Brennan (Fianna Fail)

Much has been said about the system of electronic voting used in the United States. It is quite clear that the system proposed in Ireland is completely different, and I am surprised that comparisons are still being made.

Regarding the paper trail, if one used that system with the existing ballot paper, where everyone had a duplicate paper, privacy would disappear, and it would be unconstitutional, with people saying they had voted for A, B and C in that order. What is being sought is legally impossible under the Constitution.