An electronic voting system will be available in three constituencies for the first time in Ireland during the general election.
An information campaign about the system was announced earlier by the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, Mr Noel Dempsey.
The electronic voting system - to be used in Dublin North, Dublin South, and Meath - has been developed by a Dutch company and is used in The Netherlands and the German cities of Cologne and Dusseldorf.
Election preparation will be run from an industry-standard PC system and the completion of the count will also be done on a standard PC and programming unit.
