Non-Irish voting today

Bob24

stefanovich wrote: »

Because they broke the law!! Ignorance is no defence. If you are so interested in this country that you want to change its constitution then spend 5 minutes looking up the law.

Does not excuse the complete incompetency of the government to enforce the law though.

People are being sent pooling cards whereas they never asked for voting rights for referundums or falsly pretended to be Irish. It is a complete joke: they are actually misinforming people about their rights and encouraging them to break the law.

I agree with you someone who is voting and doesn't have the right to is either ignorant of our basic laws or dishonest and should therefore definitely not have a say in how these laws are changed.

But should we instead focus on the fact the government officials who are supposed to safeguard our electoral system are sometimes not better informed (or bothered) about these laws and encouraging foreign nationals to break them?

ION08

stefanovich wrote: »

Because they broke the law!! Ignorance is no defence. If you are so interested in this country that you want to change its constitution then spend 5 minutes looking up the law.


I am sorry you disagree with the law.


I'm not sure being bad at your job is breaking the law. If I accidentally left my window open does that make it okay for someone to burgle my house?

I'm sorry but you are an absolute moron.

You are pointing the finger squarely at the voters and you seem convinced that they are wilfully and knowingly committing electoral fraud. And for this you think manadatory jail time and deportation is in order? Open your eyes to your beautiful city of Limerick, I'm sure you could find plenty of other degenerate parasites that could be jailed instead tax paying EU ordinary residents.

Your analogy of leaving a window open is ridiculous to say the least and highlights your stupidity, why?.. Because an open window would only attract burglars INTENT on crime (intent being the key word here)

How about the analogy I gave, whereby you are given €50 by a government body and you uknowingly go to spend it? ..Going by your logic the government has zero blame and youre making the ASSUMPTION that the person spending it knows its fake (or at least should have gone out of their way to check) and therefore 100% of the blame lies with them and should be jailed for fraud and deprted, completely ignoring the root of the problem. - do you see how stupid that sounds?

Anyway, I hope you figure out what the red button on your Corolla does and why some BMW's dont have badges. :rolleyes:

I look forward to more of your stupid questions being asked on the motors forum.

Bye now.

MathDebater

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Because i had a polling card with my name on it. Why else would i vote????
I think that gives me the right to vote and overrules opinions on boards.ie.

You're not meant to vote in referendums if you're not a citizen. Something went wrong down the line if they issued you with a polling card. The electoral system is a mess.

stefanovich

ION08 wrote: »

I'm sorry but you are an absolute moron.

You are pointing the finger squarely at the voters and you seem convinced that they are wilfully and knowingly committing electoral fraud. And for this you think manadatory jail time and deportation is in order? Open your eyes to your beautiful city of Limerick, I'm sure you could find plenty of other degenerate parasites that could be jailed instead tax paying EU ordinary residents.

Your analogy of leaving a window open is ridiculous to say the least and highlights your stupidity, why?.. Because an open window would only attract burglars INTENT on crime (intent being the key word here)

How about the analogy I gave, whereby you are given €50 by a government body and you uknowingly go to spend it? ..Going by your logic the government has zero blame and youre making the ASSUMPTION that the person spending it knows its fake (or at least should have gone out of their way to check) and therefore 100% of the blame lies with them and should be jailed for fraud and deprted, completely ignoring the root of the problem. - do you see how stupid that sounds?

Anyway, I hope you figure out what the red button on your Corolla does and why some BMW's dont have badges. :rolleyes:

I look forward to more of your stupid questions being asked on the motors forum.

Bye now.

I was angry when I heard about it. If it was ignorance then I do not think the penalty should be that severe but if someone is trying to undermine Irish democracy I do not think they should be allowed to stay here. I am sure most would agree.

I find it extremely creepy that you decided to investigate my other posts here and then mention them. Was it in an effort to unsettle me?

I also don't appreciate the personal attack. Don't be so hateful.

Hilly Bill

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

OK - how did you tell...?



As you well know, a passport is not required to be allowed to vote.




Not true. You need to be on the register to vote, but do not need a polling card, the polling card is merely a convenience to voters and the electoral staff

Possession of a polling card does not give you the right to vote, e.g. if it was obtained under false pretences.




Again as you should well know, no-one is required to prove their citizenship at the polling station. Most of the acceptable forms of ID don't even have a picture on them, and all of them, except a passport, say nothing at all about the citizenship of the bearer. Even if a voter presents a foreign passport as ID, it doesn't prove they're not also an Irish citizen.

Im ok so. I had a polling card obtained in a legal manner. I didnt actually go looking for one, i just filled in the forms that came in the door.

stefanovich

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Im ok so. I had a polling card obtained in a legal manner. I didnt actually go looking for one, i just filled in the forms that came in the door.

Filling in forms? In my experience they just come to the door, ask who you want put on the register and that's it. They'll also remove you if they don't like the way you are going to vote.

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stefanovich wrote: »

Why would an EU citizen bother to get Irish citizenship?

I've had thecsame conversation with my wife. We decided its not worth it and the kids have dual nationality

stefanovich

ION08 wrote: »

Open your eyes to your beautiful city of Limerick, I'm sure you could find plenty of other degenerate parasites that could be jailed instead tax paying EU ordinary residents.

You'll not meet nicer people than Limerick people actually.

I am sorry your equality does not extend to "degenerate parasites".

Hilly Bill

MathDebater wrote: »

You're not meant to vote in referendums if you're not a citizen. Something went wrong down the line if they issued you with a polling card. The electoral system is a mess.

Not my problem. If they are kind enough to give me a polling card then i'll make use of it.

Hilly Bill

stefanovich wrote: »

Filling in forms? In my experience they just come to the door, ask who you want put on the register and that's it. They'll also remove you if they don't like the way you are going to vote.

It came in the post, same as the online one posted earlier. Nobody came to the door.

MathDebater

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Not my problem. If they are kind enough to give me a polling card then i'll make use of it.

It is your problem. You're not an Irish citizen so you're not entitled to vote in referendums.

Bob24

MathDebater wrote: »

It is your problem. You're not an Irish citizen so you're not entitled to vote in referendums.

Basically it is everyone's problem and responsibility (the voter's and the government's).

But at the end of the day it is not reasonable to fully blame a foreign national for doing what they are being told to do by the government of the country they live in (by doing this we would be looking at the symptom rather than the cause). The foreign national could have reasonably assumed that the government of the country knows the law better than them.

Jim2007

darkpagandeath wrote: »

So are we saying all those people on the news flying home to Ireland from living abroad to vote on the Ref are breaking the law ?

Ludo wrote: »

That does seem to be the case. Haven't seen any evidence that they are allowed to vote. It is fairly clear from the citizens info website though that they are not allowed to vote.

No you are still entitled to vote if you have been gone for less than 18 months.

ION08

stefanovich wrote: »

I was angry when I heard about it. If it was ignorance then I do not think the penalty should be that severe but if someone is trying to undermine Irish democracy I do not think they should be allowed to stay here. I am sure most would agree.

I find it extremely creepy that you decided to investigate my other posts here and then mention them. Was it in an effort to unsettle me?

I also don't appreciate the personal attack. Don't be so hateful.

I was also angry when I wrote that post and apologise for the "personal attack"

I voted as a citizen, however, my [heterosexual:D] partner who is an EU citizen also voted fully believing she was entitled to vote seeing as she received a voting card, reasonable logic given it was government issued, she never intended to mislead anyone or commit "electoral fraud" (again, point your finger at the cause of the problem not at the effect of the problem)

Your suggestion that she should be jailed and deported was not only ridiculous but also offensive.

As for investigating your posts, I recognized your name from the motoring forum here which I read quite often.

And no, my sense of equality does not extended to other less scrupulous members of society - maybe you should put your open window analogy into practice and see if yours does.

stefanovich

ION08 wrote: »

I was also angry when I wrote that post and apologise for the "personal attack"

I voted as a citizen, however, my [heterosexual:D] partner who is an EU citizen also voted fully believing she was entitled to vote seeing as she received a voting card, reasonable logic given it was government issued, she never intended to mislead anyone or commit "electoral fraud" (again, point your finger at the cause of the problem not at the effect of the problem)

Your suggestion that she should be jailed and deported was not only ridiculous but also offensive.

As for investigating your posts, I recognized your name from the motoring forum here which I read quite often.

And no, my sense of equality does not extended to other less scrupulous members of society - maybe you should put your open window analogy into practice and see if yours does.

Thanks for the apology. She obviously made an innocent mistake. My comment was more focused on people who voted willingly. I hope you did inform her after the fact that she shouldn't vote in future referenda and if she really does want to then she should seek citizenship.

Ludo

Jim2007 wrote: »

No you are still entitled to vote if you have been gone for less than 18 months.

Source? Don't mean to be rude but I am genuinely curious about this.

Icepick

So much nonsense itt.

You are not allowed to vote if you are not an Irish citizen.

Those colleagues if the story isn't completely made up came to the polling station, showed their non-Irish proof of identity and were turned away.

Hilly Bill

MathDebater wrote: »

It is your problem. You're not an Irish citizen so you're not entitled to vote in referendums.

Trust me, it's no problem to me. The powers that be said i could, so unless you are in a position to overrule them I'll be voting everytime i get a polling card.

stefanovich

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Trust me, it's no problem to me. The powers that be said i could, so unless you are in a position to overrule them I'll be voting everytime i get a polling card.

Thanks for blatantly disobeying the law. Don't worry it won't be enforced.

Bob24

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Trust me, it's no problem to me. The powers that be said i could, so unless you are in a position to overrule them I'll be voting everytime i get a polling card.

The government is a mess and should not be sending you polling cards for this type of elections (and their blatant incompetency is the main issue here), but the fact that you intend to keep voting even though you know you are not entitled to still is illegal and a problem on your side.

You know this, and and while you are proudly boasting about it on an anonymous website you would never say it if your actual name was displayed next to your post.

Hilly Bill

Bob24 wrote: »

The government is a mess and should not be sending you polling cards for this type of elections (and their blatant incompetency is the main issue here), but the fact that you intend to keep voting even though you know you are not entitled to still is illegal and a problem on your side.

You know this, and and while you are proudly boasting about it on an anonymous website you would never say it if your actual name was displayed next to your post.

You don't be listening, i have no problem with voting. I mentioned it on my Facebook page. No fake outrage on there. Would you rather someone who votes cast a vote or an Irish citizen who can't be arsed to vote? Have i no constitutional rights? Does the constitution apply to me? I'm living here for 20 years, married and Irish woman , paid taxes for 20 years, I'm not moving anywhere, I'll be buried here . Equality? I don't see it.. The constitution does not just belong to the Irish people but to the people of Ireland and I'm one of the them . If i was a top sportsman then i would be eligible to represent Ireland based on the length of residency, maybe i qualify to vote in the same way? Either way I'm not fussed and ive no problem with it And will continue to vote when i get a polling card. Feel free to bring a case against me if it's bothering and we can declare all the ballots i voted in null and void including the yes vote.

Hilly Bill

stefanovich wrote: »

Thanks for blatantly disobeying the law. Don't worry it won't be enforced.

You are now getting silly :-). Let's put like this, if you was campaigning hard for the yes vote and you won after several recounts by just one vote, would you accept the result or a draw and a new ballot because i voted for you?

Bob24

Hilly Bill wrote: »

You don't be listening, i have no problem with voting. I mentioned it on my Facebook page. No fake outrage on there. Would you rather someone who votes cast a vote or an Irish citizen who can't be arsed to vote? Have i no constitutional rights? Does the constitution apply to me? I'm living here for 20 years, married and Irish woman , paid taxes for 20 years, I'm not moving anywhere, I'll be buried here . Equality? I don't see it.. The constitution does not just belong to the Irish people but to the people of Ireland and I'm one of the them . If i was a top sportsman then i would be eligible to represent Ireland based on the length of residency, maybe i qualify to vote in the same way? Either way I'm not fussed and ive no problem with it And will continue to vote when i get a polling card. Feel free to bring a case against me if it's bothering and we can declare all the ballots i voted in null and void including the yes vote.
Feel free to bring a case against me if it's bothering and we can declare all the ballots i voted in null and void including the yes vote.

I won't be able able to bring a case against you because you know what you are doing is illegal and there is no way you would put your actual name next to these posts.

If you want to vote legally, this country is giving you an option which is naturalisation. Apply today and based on the personal circumstances you described you will likely be an Irish citizen and fully entitled to vote for every election by the end of the year. You are absolutely free not to take that option and might have your own very good reasons for that, but if you are choosing not to become and Irish citizen then you can't be complaining about not being treated like one.

Hilly Bill

You want me to pay over a grand just to put an X in a box where it's not costing me a penny Now? ;-).

Wx

A grand plus to become a citizen?

Fred Swanson

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