  Random-lattice fermions have been shown to be free of the doubling problem if
there are no interactions or interactions of a non-gauge nature. However, gauge
interactions impose stringent constraints as expressed by the Ward-Takahashi
identities which could revive the free-field suppressed doubler modes in loop
diagrams. After introducing a formulation for fermions on a new kind of random
lattice, we compare random, naive and Wilson fermions in two dimensional
Abelian background gauge theory. We show that the doublers are revived for
random lattices in the continuum limit, while demonstrating that gauge
invariance plays the critical role in this revival. Some implications of the
persistent doubling phenomenon on random lattices are also discussed.
