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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 ...
Expatriates intending to return to Ireland within eighteen months may retain their Irish address for electoral purposes, but must be present to vote in person. [ 2 ] [ 6 ] Maintenance of the electoral register is inefficient and emigrants often remain listed years after leaving; some return specifically to vote, which is technically illegal but ...
Vote Smart, formerly called Project Vote Smart, is an American non-profit, non-partisan [2] [3] research organization that collects and distributes information on ...
Voters across Ireland cast their ballots in the country’s general election on 29 November and, with all seats counted, the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael coalition is likely to continue as support ...
The President of Ireland is formally elected by the citizens of Ireland once in every seven years, except in the event of premature vacancy, when an election must be held within sixty days. The President is directly elected by secret ballot under the system of the instant-runoff voting (although the Constitution describes it as "the system of ...
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;
To stand for election as president of Ireland, candidates must: be a citizen of Ireland; be at least 35 years of age; be nominated by: at least twenty of the 234 serving members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, or; at least four of the 31 county or city councils, or; themselves, in the case of a former or retiring president who has served one 7 ...
Tory Brexiteers are urging Rishi Sunak to allow a vote on any compromise agreement struck with the EU to end the row over the Northern Ireland protocol.