Saturday, May 05, 2007

Scottish Elections Scuppered by e-Counting Meltdown

Kelly Fiveash writes on The Register:

The Scottish elections have been marred by an electronic counting fiasco.

The Electoral Commission has already stepped in and said that it will immediately launch an independent review into how thousands of vote counts for the Scottish Parliament and local elections had been delayed due to "technical difficulties".

According to reports, seven constituencies had to abandon the e-counting machines last night after Scotland went to the polls yesterday [Thursday, 3 May 2007].

More here.

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