Repeal group's online tool tracking voter feedback

A spokeswoman for the Together For Yes campaign said that personal information like names and addresses was not being recorded and described what was being collected as 'a summary of voter sentiment'

Repeal campaign says data protection policy in place for online tool. Pic: RollingNews.ie

Campaignersin favour of repealing the Eighth Amendment are using an online tool to collect, track and assess voter sentiment from thousands of houses they have canvassed around the country.

The Together For Yes campaign project, known as ‘Ear To The Ground’, involves canvassers inputting information they pick up from the doorsteps into a centralised online system for the campaign’s digital team to centrally track and assess real-time voter feedback.

A spokeswoman said that ...