[Leica] IMG: Counters at work

[Douglas Barry]

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!

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Douglas