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All elections use proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV) in constituencies returning three or more members, except that the presidential election and by-elections use the single-winner analogue of STV, elsewhere called instant-runoff voting or the alternative vote.
All citizens on the island of Ireland, and all citizens who have left the island in the previous 15 or 20 years; All citizens on the island of Ireland, and all citizens resident outside the island of Ireland who hold a valid Irish passport; All citizens resident outside the State who were previously registered to vote in the State;
A related issue is a proposed right of people in Northern Ireland to vote in the Republic. [11] Arguments in favour of expatriates voting include the economic and cultural importance of the Irish diaspora and the potential benefits of increasing its engagement with the state, and a moral debt owed to reluctant emigrants. [12]
The two parties joined in a coalition for the first time after the 2020 election result. Their arrangement meant that the position of Irish prime minister, the taoiseach, was swapped halfway ...
Electronic voting machines for elections in Ireland were used on a trial basis in 2002, but plans to extend it to all polling stations were put on hold in 2004 after public opposition and political controversy. Electoral law was amended in 2001 and 2004 and sufficient voting machines for the entire state were purchased, but the plan was ...
Resident UK citizens may vote in Dáil elections but not presidential elections. A proposed constitutional amendment would give non-resident citizens a vote in presidential elections. Elections are conducted by means of the instant-runoff voting, which is the single-winner analogue of the single transferable vote used in other Irish elections.
Voting began Friday in Ireland's general election after a campaign that left the country's three biggest political parties locked in what earlier polls had suggested was a dead heat.
The next general election in Ireland will be held on November 29, Irish premier Simon Harris has said. Mr Harris will travel to Aras an Uachtarain on Friday, the official residence of Irish ...