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An election worker re-counts ballots as ballot boxes are opened and counting begins for the Irish General Election at the Theater Royal count centre in Castlebar, Ireland, Feb. 26. Ireland's ruling party suffered a crushing defeat in elections amid public anger over the economic crisis and an EU-IMF bailout, exit polls said today, with the opposition set to take power.

Election workers count and re-count ballots in Ireland

I hope that more than one person is assigned to count the ballots that sit on the table behind this gentleman. If not, that's a heck of a lot of counting. Read more about the Irish elections here.

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