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Why is the Laois Offaly count so slow?

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  • 26-05-2007 12:32am
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    Firetrap
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    Anyone know why it takes so long for them to count votes in Laois/Offaly. The first count came in near 11:00 on Friday evening, a time when some other count centres are done and dusted.


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    irish_boy90
    Registered Users Posts: 589 ✭✭✭irish_boy90


    i know. was on the rte site last night watching all the resulting coming in. everywhere was on the third count before lias ofally had finished the first.

    must be because its 2 countys.


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    Time Magazine
    Registered Users Posts: 8,452 ✭✭✭Time Magazine


    It's the largest constituency in the country.


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    Steve_o
    Registered Users Posts: 3,432 ✭✭✭Steve_o


    This sort of stuff should be in the Politics Forum....i'd say!!


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    offaly1
    Registered Users Posts: 993 ✭✭✭offaly1


    it maybe the biggest area in the country, but every general election is the same!its the last count centre to declare any results! is there thicks in the count centre or what?!?! sorry!


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    Scawgeen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 251 ✭✭Scawgeen


    ......in Offaly we're meticulous in everything we do...it pays off in the end! Slow but sure !


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    offaly1
    Registered Users Posts: 993 ✭✭✭offaly1


    for as long as i can remember, and for as long as my dad can remember the count in offaly has always been slow! meticulous may mean careful, but does it really have to be slow....always the last constituency to declare any results!its madness.......


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    Scawgeen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 251 ✭✭Scawgeen


    Just because the whole country rushes to get the count over and done with doesn't mean we have to follow suit.


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    offaly1
    Registered Users Posts: 993 ✭✭✭offaly1


    of course we don't have to follow suit with everything....but it would be nice not to be paddy last for some election! even if its only one in a lifetime!!


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    irish_boy90
    Registered Users Posts: 589 ✭✭✭irish_boy90


    i think they like the attention. everyone in the country sitting around for hours waiting on us


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    schnecke1916
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭schnecke1916


    irish_boy90 wrote: »
    i think they like the attention. everyone in the country sitting around for hours waiting on us

    Can anyone tell me where the counting is going on in Laois Offaly, I would like to go down and watch, I could do a bit of painting while I am down there for people to watch


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    offaly1
    Registered Users Posts: 993 ✭✭✭offaly1


    Byrnes old toy shop opposite tesco petrol station tullamore


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    Pudzianowski
    Registered Users Posts: 99 ✭✭Pudzianowski


    I think this is a bit of a joke. If memory serves right, i think the fifth seat was only filled on the monday evening last time out. There is about approx. 74,000 votes to be counted, but most of the other 5 seaters would have had around the same. To think we have only 1 seat filled after 2 days plus counting is ridiculous.


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    Andi123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭Andi123


    the reason the count is slow is there were 21 candidates , therefore the count was going to take a long time anyway, also a full recount had been ordered which further delayed the results.


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