Gráinne Ní Aodha and Cillian Sherlock, PATaoiseach Simon Harris has defended Ireland’s electoral system as transparent and valued, as marathon counting in the local and European elections finally came to a close. Our proportional representation system – the single transferable vote – means ballots are counted multiple times by hand as electronic voting or counting systems are not used. “Here in this country, we value our electoral system, PRSTV, and we value the peann luaidhe (pencil) and the ballot paper. “But every single vote in Ireland can be seen so transparently moving from table to table, count to count. There were 23 candidates in the Ireland South constituency, which the returning officer said had proved tricky for count staff.

Source: The Herald June 14, 2024 18:08 UTC