2015-11-22 17:21:00

Greece: IT glitch on day of party vote


(Vatican Radio) What appears to be a massive computer malfunction today derailed what was going to be an election for the leadership of Greece’s main opposition party, the conservative New Democracy.

New Democracy had set up polling stations around Greece for grass-roots members who each paid 3 euros to elect a new leader, after the party’s loss to the left in two national elections this year.  They found all the polling stations closed, and were greeted with the news that the elaborate computer network set up to register and count the votes simply could not be started up.

Click below to hear the report from correspondent John Carr in Athens

It’s a major embarrassment for New Democracy, which hoped that new leadership would help it regain lost popularity, and at a time when the leftwing-led government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is coming under mounting criticism and strain.

There was no immediate explanation here in Athens of what caused this huge computer glitch, but conspiracy theorists are already speculating that it could be the work of political hackers.  And there is no word yet of when New Democracy will finally hold its leadership election.








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