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ELECTRONIC VOTING is a far more secure system than the system we use at present, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism Martin Cullen insisted yesterday.

Mr Cullen, who as predecessor to current Minister for the Environment John Gormley decided to press ahead with the electronic voting project, told journalists in Dublin that e-voting was tested twice here and “it was very successful”.