struck off register?

keno-daytrader

Hi all, I voted in the referendum last year and in the last few elections, tonight I went to vote and my name wasnt on the usual list at the polling station and I couldnt vote.

I checked the register when I got home and my name wasnt on there either.

Really disappointed, any ideas of why my name would drop off the register?

milehip

Thats a pain, you can ask your local representive if they get back in, happend me years back,local busybodys from the soldiers of destiny got me struck off.

TheHillOfDoom

keno-daytrader wrote: »

Hi all, I voted in the referendum last year and in the last few elections, tonight I went to vote and my name wasnt on the usual list at the polling station and I couldnt vote.

I checked the register when I got home and my name wasnt on there either.

Really disappointed, any ideas of why my name would drop off the register?

They did this to me a couple of years ago. I think campaigners can do it via the council register if you've been vociferous in your public antipathy towards them. Their spiel is that you need to check that you're on the register. I think they do it when they feel like it e.g. I knocked on No. 34 Willow Street and nobody answered, can you remove whoever was there from the register. Thanks.

homer1982

I was struck of register here in Cork, I had to register for the same sex referendum last year and I expected to be register for this election but on arriving this morning I was told I was not on the list and given a number to call to investigate, there was no answer from this number and I called 9 times.

What are the reasons for this?

johnnyskeleton

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/dublin-west-residents-say-homes-removed-from-electoral-register-1.2550083

Possibly due to the redrawing of the counstituencies the register was updated or people were removed.

TheHillOfDoom

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Possibly due to the redrawing of the counstituencies the register was updated or people were removed.

no redrawing of constituencies has gone on between the referendum and today.

evolving_doors

Yup used to happen in our area when i was growing up. Seemingly anyone can go in and report someone as being 'not there anymore'.
There was a certain political party (mentioned earlier) that used to keep tabs on everyone in the area (Spot the guy with a clipboard during the door to door canvassing !). Any house suspected of being an 'opposing sympathiser' was duly noted and soft targets were written in to be struck off (usually young adults who were 'gone to college').
Myself and siblings were struck off a few times ... but my dad kept tabs and got us to put ourselves back on:p

I can appreciate that it is one failsafe mechanism to avoid the dead grandad or uncle from getting a poling card. Also I suppose it was to avoid the same person getting two poling cards in different constituencies (youngfella gone to college etc).

I think the system is centralised now! Like if you did register in 2 constituencies and used 2 poling cards would you be caught for election fraud?

johnnyskeleton

TheHillOfDoom wrote: »

no redrawing of constituencies has gone on between the referendum and today.

The article states this as Fingal's reason. The boundaries were changed. Then there was a review. Review took place some time between boundary change and today.

TheHillOfDoom

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

The article states this as Fingal's reason. The boundaries were changed. Then there was a review. Review took place some time between boundary change and today.

There was no boundary change in my case.

johnnyskeleton

TheHillOfDoom wrote: »

There was no boundary change in my case.

Well its worth getting on to them on monday to find out what happened.

Satriale

Is it possible to find out who the busybody is? Using FOI maybe?

two wheels good

I'm a bit shocked reading this thread. A third-party, a stranger can have you removed from the register on his\her say-so?
I need to contact my local franchise office so I will be asking for clarification.

On a general point, the process for removing out-of-date entries and keeping the register up-to-date seems a bit haphazard.

Victor

milehip wrote: »

Thats a pain, you can ask your local representive if they get back in, happend me years back,local busybodys from the soldiers of destiny got me struck off.

Wouldn't he be better off contacting the Franchise Office, the people who will know why he was removed?

keno-daytrader

two wheels good wrote: »

I'm a bit shocked reading this thread. A third-party, a stranger can have you removed from the register on his\her say-so?
I need to contact my local franchise office so I will be asking for clarification.

On a general point, the process for removing out-of-date entries and keeping the register up-to-date seems a bit haphazard.

I was very shocked too, no one should be taken off the register without their consent, with the exception of death.

This seems very undemocratic to me, I had no vote this weekend.

Satriale

keno-daytrader wrote: »

I was very shocked too, no one should be taken off the register without their consent, with the exception of death.

This seems very undemocratic to me, I had no vote this weekend.

Last year my wife got a letter to say they were knocking her off at her parents address, she replied and was left on the register. A few months later she got another letter saying was was being removed again, she didnt get around to replying and lost her vote.
It seems to me somebody went to a lot of bother to disenfranchise her.

homer1982

Where would I find the franchise office in my area(Cork) or even a phone number? I would like to find out the reason why and who had me removed after I had just registered for the same sex referendum last year

homer1982

I finally got through to the franchise and it turns out that my details were entered incorrectly, my first name was entered as my surname and surname as my first name. I didn't receive a polling card and when I went to the polling station we were all looking for the surname on all the lists. I have it sorted now though, and by the looks of it I may get to vote sooner than I think.

jayobray

In Cork City Council you'll find it on their website under the Corporate and External Affairs section