Finbarr McCarthy

OK, so I know electroninc voting is a very unpopular topic with our politicians in ireland right now, but, what would be wrong with internet voting? We trust our bank accounts, our employment records and practically everything else on-line these days.

Should we have a website where we can elect our politicians in real time? It seems that there is an incredible effort and cost in getting everyone out to vote and the subsequent count afterwards.

In fact, one of the things that seems to be bothering lots of people at the moment is what do we need all the politicians for in the first place. It seems like we only get to hear about, and from the majority of politicians before an election. Watching the Dail and Seanad (The Irish Houses of parliment) on TV it really bugs me that on any given day there is only a handful of our elected representatives in the house.

We could reduce the amount of representatives to about 10% of its current number and leave the people vote on-line on issues - that would be a pretty significant government reform.

I would be interested to hear your thoughts.

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