Electronic voting: the legislative record
Introduction
This is a near-complete record of comments, debate, and questions on the
subject of electronic voting within the Houses of the Oireachtas from
the time of introduction of the original enabling legislation to
2004-06-14 (occasionally updated). The exceptions are: passing
references to electronic voting without significant information; and
meetings of most committees.
With the exceptions of transcription errors, headings and
marginal notes, this document is copyright 2001-2004 Ireland.
Within Ireland,
Article 15.12
of the Constitution permits the republication of all utterances
made in either House of the
Oireachtas
under privilege
(saor ar chúrsaí
dlí
).
The
editor
welcomes notes pointing out omissions or other errors.
Table of Contents
- Seanad, 2001-02-21
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2000 — Second Stage.
- Seanad, 2001-02-27
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2000 — Second Stage.
- Dáil, 2001-03-22
- Richard Bruton TD asks the Minister about audit trails and tamperproofing.
- Dáil, 2001-04-03
- Existence of Departmental e-voting groups disclosed.
- Seanad, 2001-05-31
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2000 — Committee Stage.
- Seanad, 2001-06-14
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2000 — Committee Stage.
- Seanad, 2001-06-19
- Senator Donie Cassidy refers to an e-voting amendment with
enormous implications.
- Seanad, 2001-06-21
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2000 — Report and Final Stages; Bill passed and sent to Dáil.
- Dáil, 2001-06-22
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2000 — Second Stage (from Seanad).
- Dáil, 2001-06-26
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2000 — Second Stage.
- Dáil, 2001-06-28
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2000 — Committee Stage.
- Dáil, 2001-07-03
- Gay Mitchell TD asks the Minister about plans for the first pilot use of the e-voting system.
- Dáil, 2001-07-05
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2000 — Report and Final Stages (Guillotined and sent to Seanad).
- Seanad, 2001-07-10
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2000 — Report and Final Stages (from Dáil); dispute over whether or not to skip second and committee stages.
- Seanad, 2001-07-11
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2000 — Report and Final Stages (sent to Dáil).
- Dáil, 2001-10-16
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2000 (from Seanad).
- Dáil, 2002-02-28
- Seán Ryan TD asks about any backup system.
- Seanad, 2002-02-28
- Senator Cosgrave asks Dan Wallace about any backup system, staff
training, tech support, and power failure.
- Dáil, 2002-04-23
- Nora Owen TD raises problems with the system as a matter of urgency
and requests that the pilot scheme be reconsidered.
- Dáil, 2002-10-10
- Questions about a second e-voting pilot in the Nice 2 referendum are put to the new Minister.
- Dáil, 2002-12-10
- Bernard Allen TD calls for publication of the first Zerflow report;
Pat The Cope Gallagher TD claims that security is paramount, that the
system has been rigorously tested, that PTB and TNO have certified
the machines as suitable for use, and that Zerflow's concerns are
unrealistic.
- Seanad, 2002-12-10
- Senators Hayes, O'Meara, Dardis, Henry, J. Phelan and Coghlan propose debating the consequences of the first Zerflow report; the Leader promises to ask the Minister to appear in the House to discuss it.
- Dáil, 2002-12-12
- The Minister denies that the first Zerflow report raised serious questions; Bernard Allen TD again calls for publication of the report.
- Joint Committee, 2003-01-30
- Bernard Allen TD demands an assurance that voting centres will not
be reduced; Eamon Gilmore TD asks for the system to be suspended until
it is properly examined; the Minister claims that the integrity of the
e-voting system is unquestionably more secure.
- Dáil, 2003-02-04
- Eamon Ryan TD asks about opening the source code; Dan Boyle TD asks about verification; Paul Gogarty TD asks about covert microcameras; Breeda
Moynihan-Cronin TD asks about plans and costs for 2004; Ciarán
Cuffe TD asks about VVPB
plans and the need for transparency; the Minister claims that security and
integrity have been paramount and that testing has been thorough.
- Dáil, 2003-02-27
- Bernard Allen TD refers to the virus that took down the House
electronic voting system, and wonders whether the Nedap/Powervote
system is as vulnerable.
- Dáil, 2003-04-01
- Breeda Moynihan-Cronin TD asks the Minister about plans for e-voting
following the Zerflow report.
- Dáil, 2003-04-02
- Paul Gogarty TD asks the Minister about hardware failure.
- Dáil, 2003-06-17
- Bernard Allen TD asks the Minister about the security of the e-voting
system, and demands disclosure of the system details. Pat The Cope
Gallagher TD claims that Zerflow are now satisfied with the Department's
measures. Eamon Gilmore TD and Seán Crowe TD raise the McGaley report,
which Mr Gallagher misrepresents and rejects. Mr Gallagher claims that a
machine-generated paper ballot would endanger ballot secrecy and would not
be useful as an audit tool. Mr Gilmore attacks the system as a waste of
money.
- Dáil, 2003-06-18
- Pat Rabbitte TD asks what's wrong with the voting system we have.
John Perry TD asks about tenders for e-voting tables.
- Dáil, 2003-06-24
- John Dennehy TD asks about VVPB. The Minister dismisses the idea
of vote receipts.
- Dáil, 2003-07-01
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- Dáil, 2003-10-09
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- Dáil, 2003-10-16
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- Dáil, 2003-11-05
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- Seanad, 2003-11-05
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- Dáil, 2003-11-06
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- Dáil, 2003-11-13
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- Dáil, 2003-11-18
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- Dáil, 2003-11-19
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- Dáil, 2003-11-25
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- Seanad, 2003-11-25
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- Dáil, 2003-11-26
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- Dáil, 2003-12-03
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- Seanad, 2003-12-03
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- Joint Committee, 2003-12-10
- (no abstract yet)
- Seanad, 2003-12-11
- (no abstract yet)
- Dáil, 2003-12-16
- Table of polling stations per constituency.
- Joint Committee, 2003-12-18
- (no abstract yet)
- Dáil, 2004-01-27
- (no abstract yet)
- Seanad, 2004-01-27
- (no abstract yet)
- Dáil, 2004-01-28
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- Dáil, 2004-02-03
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- Dáil, 2004-02-04
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- Seanad, 2004-02-04
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- Dáil, 2004-02-05
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- Seanad, 2004-02-05
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- Dáil, 2004-02-11
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- Seanad, 2004-02-11
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- Dáil, 2004-02-12
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- Seanad, 2004-02-12
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- Dáil, 2004-02-17
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- Dáil, 2004-02-18
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- Seanad, 2004-02-18
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- Dáil, 2004-02-19
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- Seanad, 2004-02-19
- (no abstract yet)
- Dáil, 2004-02-24
- (no abstract yet)
- Seanad, 2004-02-24
- (no abstract yet)
- Dáil, 2004-02-25
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- Seanad, 2004-02-25
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- Dáil, 2004-02-26
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- Seanad, 2004-02-26
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- Dáil, 2004-03-02
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- Dáil, 2004-03-03
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- Seanad, 2004-03-03
- (no abstract yet)
- Dáil, 2004-03-04
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- Dáil, 2004-03-09
- (no abstract yet)
- Dáil, 2004-03-10
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- Seanad, 2004-03-10
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- Seanad, 2004-03-11
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- Dáil, 2004-03-23
- (no abstract yet)
- Dáil, 2004-03-25
- (no abstract yet)
- Dáil, 2004-03-30
- (no abstract yet)
- Dáil, 2004-03-31
- (no abstract yet)
- Dáil, 2004-04-01
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2004 — Second Stage.
- Dáil, 2004-04-06
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2004 — Second Stage.
- Dáil, 2004-04-07
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2004 — Second Stage.
- Dáil, 2004-04-08
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2004 — Second Stage.
- Dáil, 2004-04-21
- The Jan 2004 extra order of voting machines; and concern about voter confusion.
- Dáil, 2004-04-22
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2002 — Committee Stage.
- Dáil, 2004-04-23
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2002 — Committee Stage.
- Dáil, 2004-04-27
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2002 — Committee Stage; CEV's terms of reference; indemnity for system vendor's interests.
- Dáil, 2004-04-28
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2002 — Committee Stage.
- Dáil, 2004-04-29
- Motion on public information about e-voting in referendum; cost of e-voting; extra machines; roadshow; wheelchair accessibility.
- Seanad, 2004-04-29
- The roadshow and the rush to enact the Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2004.
- Seanad, 2004-04-30
- Discrepancies in 2002; the CEV's initial report; misleading the House.
- Dáil, 2004-05-04
- Aftermath of CEV initial report; Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2004 — Report Stage.
- Dáil, 2004-05-05
- Debate over whether the Nedap machines will ever be used; Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2004 — Report Stage.
- Seanad, 2004-05-05
- Opposition members attempt to have a two-hour debate on the CEV interim report.
- Dáil, 2004-05-06
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2004 — Report and Final Stages.
- Seanad, 2004-05-07
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2004 — Second Stage.
- Dáil, 2004-05-11
- Martin Cullen gets a roasting during a debate on financial mismanagement; Dan Boyle coins the word
Cullenesque
; questions reveal the scope of expenditure on the e-voting project.
- Seanad, 2004-05-11
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2004 — Committee Stage.
- Seanad, 2004-05-12
- Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 2004 — Report and Final Stages.
- Dáil, 2004-05-25
- Trevor Sargent asks about the entry into force of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 2004.
- Dáil, 2004-05-26
- Another Electoral (Amendment) Bill promised for the summer; e-voting machines said to be worthless souvenirs.
- Dáil, 2004-06-01
- The Commission on Electronic Voting is put on a statutory basis.
- Dáil, 2004-06-02
- Another question about the cost of storing the system (not answered).
Detritus
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Edited by:
Adrian Colley
.