Question

tolosenc

I guess this is where I put this, but I dunno.

Will be 18 next year, but after the closing date for the Electoral Register. Will I be able to get on to like a temp register or something?

Victor

Between the calling of the election and polling day, there is an oppurtunity for such people to register.

tolosenc

Source?

oscarBravo

Here. Look under "Supplement to the Electoral Register". The application form is here.

sligobhoy67

oscarBravo wrote:

Here. Look under "Supplement to the Electoral Register". The application form is here.

can you vote if living aboard?

Victor

sligobhoy67 wrote:

can you vote if living aboard?

Only if you fall into special categories, essentially state officials posted abroad (garda, defence forces, diplomats and their families).

tolosenc

But it says that to be elligable you have to be 18 on the day the electoral register comes in to force (15th Feb).

I'd guess that they mean the main register there.
The supplementary list is a separate eligibility,I think especially in relation to age.
The best place to check is with a local td.

LostinBlanch

OBL,

take Tristrams advice and go to a local TD and ask about getting registered. But one word of advice, go to a TD from one of the larger parties, there's less chance of your registration going "missing" than if you were registering via someone like Sinn Fein or The Socialist Party etc. It may sound paranoid but I have heard of this happening to some people that I know who filled out the registration forms and gave them to one of the smaller parties councillors to hand into the council. If the powers that be think you may vote for them, then of course you'll get registered.

Then once you go into the ballot box there's no one looking over your shoulder so you can vote for whoever you like.

tolosenc

LostinBlanch wrote:

[G]o to a TD from one of the larger parties, there's less chance of your registration going "missing" than if you were registering via someone like Sinn F[é]in or The Socialist Party etc.

Can I not just go to the Garda Station?

tolosenc

Bump

LostinBlanch

Well I only mentioned a TD as they will bend over backwards to get you on the register if they think you are going to vote for them.

Otherwise you can ring up Dublin City Council and ask to be put through to the office that handles the register. It's on the quays near Capel Street.

tolosenc

Thanks.

ballooba

You can get on the Supplement to the Register up to 15 days before polling day AFAIK.

tolosenc

Actually, when you say Dublin City Council, I live in Fingal. Who do I ring?

Lennoxschips

sligobhoy67 wrote:

can you vote if living aboard?

yeah, like FF are gonna let overseas citizens that fled decades of incompetence vote in irish elections

oscarBravo

obl wrote:

Bump

obl, this forum isn't your personal political helpdesk. If you want to know whether you can just go to a Garda station, you could always try just going to a Garda station and asking them.

obl wrote:

Actually, when you say Dublin City Council, I live in Fingal. Who do I ring?

At a wild guess, Fingal County Council.

monkeyfudge

Your local Citizens Information Centre might be able to give you more info as well.

You can find your closest one here:

http://test.oasis.gov.ie/service_finder/

Victor

The office you are looking for is the Franchise Office.