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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.
There is no right of Irish expatriates to vote, except for Seanad university seats. Proposals to extend the right to the Seanad more generally, and to presidential elections, have been made at intervals since the 1990s, including a current government proposal to amend the constitution to allow all Irish citizens to vote in presidential elections.
Ireland (5 January) via 4th Amendment of the Constitution. Women under 30 gained the vote in local elections in 1935 [198] and in Dáil elections and referendums in 1922 (Constitution of the Irish Free State [199]). The only popular election to the Free State Seanad had a voting age of 30. [200] (See also History of the franchise in Ireland.)
The 1918 election refers to the results in Ireland of the British general election, treated by Sinn Féin as the election for the First Dáil. The 1921 election refers to the separate elections to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, treated by Sinn Féin as elections to the Second Dáil.
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 ...
The Fourth Amendment to the constitution lowered the voting age for all national elections and referendums in the state from twenty-one to eighteen years of age Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland referendum [ 1 ]
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; Edit; View history; ... 1937 elections in the Irish Free State (2 P) 1938 elections in the Republic of ...
Elections in Ireland (Irish Free State / Ireland (Éire) / Republic of Ireland) from 1922 to present are in this category. Subcategories This category has the following 15 subcategories, out of 15 total.