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Voting without a polling card

  • 10-11-2012 1:15pm
    #1
    Rasmus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭


    Barnardos stated on facebook that one doesn't need a polling card to vote - just bring photo ID. Is there any truth in that, anyone know?


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  • #2
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Yes


  • #3
    Rasmus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Rasmus


    dahamsta wrote: »
    Yes

    So can one vote in a county they aren't registered in?


  • #4
    oscarBravo
    Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 28,822 Mod ✭✭✭✭oscarBravo


    Rasmus wrote: »
    So can one vote in a county they aren't registered in?
    No, you have to be on the register; the photo ID is to prove who you are so they can look you up on their copy of the register.


  • #5
    Rasmus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Rasmus


    oscarBravo wrote: »
    No, you have to be on the register; the photo ID is to prove who you are so they can look you up on their copy of the register.

    Thanks I thought as much.


  • #6
    gizmo555
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    Doesn't necessarily have to be photo ID, nor indeed is the polliing card itself evidence of ID:

    Evidence of Identity at polling stations

    An elector attending at a polling station to vote may be required to produce evidence of identity. A person who fails to produce evidence of identity when requested, or who fails to satisfy the presiding officer that they are the person to whom the document relates, will not be allowed to vote. The documents which will be accepted as evidence of identity will be listed on the polling card sent to electors before polling day and on posters displayed at polling stations. These documents are:

    (i) a passport; (ii) a driving licence; (iii) an employee identity card containing a photograph; (iv) a student identity card issued by an educational institution and containing a photograph; (v) a travel document containing name and photograph; (vi) a Bank or Savings or Credit Union book containing address in the constituency;
    OR
    the following items which must be accompanied by a further document which establishes the address of the holder in the constituency (vii) a cheque book; (viii) a cheque card; (ix) a credit card; (x) a birth certificate; (xi) a marriage certificate.

    I was asked for ID when I voted and my credit card on its own was accepted.


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  • #7
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,118 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    Rasmus wrote: »
    Barnardos stated on facebook that one doesn't need a polling card to vote - just bring photo ID. Is there any truth in that, anyone know?

    Once you are on the register. Yes.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



  • #8
    amariec
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭amariec


    On you are on the register of electors you will be able to vote. You will need some ID though.


  • #9
    Rasmus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,075 ✭✭✭Rasmus


    I thought something had changed to allow me to vote in another county that I'm not registered in. Not the case.


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