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A related issue is a proposed right of people in Northern Ireland to vote in the Republic. [11] Arguments in favour of expatriates voting include the economic and cultural importance of the Irish diaspora and the potential benefits of increasing its engagement with the state, and a moral debt owed to reluctant emigrants. [12]
In Ireland, direct elections by universal suffrage are used for the President, the ceremonial head of state; for Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas or parliament; for the European Parliament; and for local government.
All citizens on the island of Ireland, and all citizens who have left the island in the previous 15 or 20 years; All citizens on the island of Ireland, and all citizens resident outside the island of Ireland who hold a valid Irish passport; All citizens resident outside the State who were previously registered to vote in the State;
Resident UK citizens may vote in Dáil elections but not presidential elections. A proposed constitutional amendment would give non-resident citizens a vote in presidential elections. Elections are conducted by means of the instant-runoff voting, which is the single-winner analogue of the single transferable vote used in other Irish elections.
Presidential elections are conducted in line with Article 12 of the Constitution [3] and under the Presidential Elections Act 1993, as amended. [2] The President of Ireland is elected through Instant-runoff voting. [4] All Irish citizens entered on the current electoral register are eligible to vote. [3]
Voters across Ireland cast their ballots in the country’s general election on 29 November and, ... Voter turnout also hit a record low this year at 59.7 per cent – meaning two in five did not ...
The quota is determined at the first count in each constituency by dividing the number of valid ballots by one more than the number of seats (for example, a quarter of the valid ballots in a three-seat constituency, a fifth of those in a four-seat constituency, and a sixth of those in a five-seat constituency) and then adding one vote.
Electronic voting machines for elections in Ireland were used on a trial basis in 2002, but plans to extend it to all polling stations were put on hold in 2004 after public opposition and political controversy. Electoral law was amended in 2001 and 2004 and sufficient voting machines for the entire state were purchased, but the plan was ...