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Inscription des électeurs
VR001
Voting age
Question What is the legal voting age in the national elections?
Answer:
c . 18
Réponses All citizens, and such other persons in the State as may be determined by law,
without distinction of sex who have reached the age of eighteen years who are not disqualified by law and comply with the provisions of the law relating to the election of members of Dáil Éireann, shall have the right to vote at an election for members of Dáil Éireann.
Source Constitution, Ch.4, Art. 16(1.2): https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html
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VR002
Other voting requirements
Question Beyond age, what other qualifications exist for registering to vote and voting in the national elections?
Réponses
a . Citizenship b . Period of Residence e . Autre
Réponses (1) A person shall be entitled to be registered as a Dáil elector in a constituency if he has reached the age of eighteen years and he was, on the qualifying date—
(a) a citizen of Ireland, and
(b) ordinarily resident in that constituency.
(2) (a) In addition to those entitled to be registered under subsection (1) a person shall be entitled to be registered as a Dáil elector in a constituency if he is a person who has reached the age of eighteen years and who on the qualifying date—
(i) complied with the requirement of subsection (1) (b), and
(ii) was either—
(I) a British citizen, or
(II) a national of a Member State to which this subsection applied on that date.
Source Constitution, Ch.4, Art. 16(1.2); https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html
Electoral Act 1992, Art. 8: https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1992/act/23/enacted/en/print#sec64
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VR004
Authority responsible for voter registration
Question Which is the authority responsible for the registration of voters for national elections?
Answer:
c . Local Government Authority
Réponses A register by reference to registration areas consisting of administrative counties and county boroughs shall be prepared and published in every year of persons who were entitled to be registered as electors on the qualifying date and, in so far as it relates to presidential electors, it shall be the register of presidential electors, in so far as it relates to Dáil electors, it shall be the register of Dáil electors, in so far as it relates to European electors, it shall be the register of European electors and, in so far as it relates to persons entitled to vote at local elections, it shall be the register of local government electors.
(2) Every register of electors shall come into force on the date specified for this purpose in the Second Schedule and shall remain in force until the day before the date on which the next register comes into force.
Source Electoral Act 1992, Art. 7, 8, 13; https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1992/act/23/enacted/en/print#sec64
Official Website of the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government: http://www.environ.ie/en/LocalGovernment/Voting/ (2012)
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VR008
Is it compulsory to be on the voters register?
Question Is it compulsory to be on the voters register?
Answer:
a . Oui
Réponses
Source Electoral Act 1992, Art. 7, 8, 13; https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1992/act/23/enacted/en/print#sec64
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