Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Friday, we had the Irish General Election to elect a new government. Being a political wonk, I went into the count the following day with my camera as my cousin is the Returning Officer for five of the forty Irish constituencies. He has hired the Royal Dublin Society headquarters (where the well known Dublin Horse Show is held) in Ballsbridge for the days required for the count. I say days, as Ireland uses the Single Transferable Vote form of Proportional Representation, and resolving the count can be longer than the first past the post system. However, this is arguably better for the voters as it ensures a more balanced representation in the Dail (parliament). Each constituency has between three and five Teachta Dail (MPs) and overall there are 158 seats in the Dail. This is a view of counters in the Dublin Bay South constituency who are separating the No. 1 votes for Eoghan Murphy (Fine Gael) into counted segments. As you can see if you enlarge the picture, there are fourteen candidates for the constituency. Eoghan retained his seat which is good as I'm great friends with his uncle! http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DouglasBray/politics/GE2016/Election+Count+2016+DSCF9413.jpg.html Douglas