26 thoughts on “Late Registration”

  1. Wayne.F

    Any Garda signed application in the council postbox when it is opened in the morning will be included and deemed received by cob today

  4. Sheila

    I checked last week, nearly had heart failure when it couldn’t find me… then realised i’d put my names in the wrong way round… d’oh!

  5. bobsyerauntie

    I want to vote (yes) in the marriage referendum, but I’m not sure where I am registered, as I moved so much. I lived in Wicklow, and voted for Lisbon there, but I live in Dublin now so I’m sure I must be on the register with my Wicklow address? or is this wrong? Can anyone help? Any advice?

    Thanks.

    2. The Old Boy

      You ought to have re-registered when you moved address, but it’s too late to change it now. Presuming that you haven’t, and no-one else in your household did it for you, your polling card will arrive at your old address and you will have to go to the polling station listed on the card in order to vote. If new householders registered at your old address, the County Council may have removed you from the register in the process. If it’s just your parent’s house than you should be fine.

      You can check your old and new addressed on checktheregister.ie. If you no longer have access to your old address to get your card and you are still registered there, you may still present at the polling station with valid ID.

      1. Joe the Lion

        Plus one. I just checked that website with my old address and there I am. Happy days

          1. The Old Boy

            My mater accumulated quite an array of polling cards at one stage in the distant past, under both maiden name and married name at different addresses. They were all attached to the same polling station, so multiple voting was unlikely to be an option. The postman always delivered them all to her current address, as he knew who she (and everyone else) was.

            It reminds me of an anecdote told by Klaus Toksfig from when he was covering the February 1982 election for Danish television. He was interviewing Charlie Haughey after his victory when a woman ran up to him and said “Charlie! We think you’re great. I voted for you three times!”

  6. Markus

    saw a guy on Facebook over the weekend who has been posting about the referendum since the start of March giving out that he had to go to the Garda station to register.

  7. DubLoony

    Bit last minute.com but fair play, they got there in the end.
    Anyone want to hazard a guess about turnout for this referendum?

  8. bobsyerauntie

    Thanks, It is my parents address, so I should hopefully still be registered.
    I know I should have got my ‘shit together’ by now, but to be honest I don’t know why they have to make the process of voting so difficult- most people from 18 to 34 move around. I know I’ve lived in several different places the last few years alone. With today’s technology the process of voting for anything should be so much easier, seems very archaic that you have to down-load a form, fill it out, go to Garda station with ID etc, then post to your local council. I’m sure that many people won’t bother because of the rigamarole- and I know it’s not a huge effort- to fill out forms etc but in the age that we live in- where people do most of their business at the touch of a fingertip in seconds (e-mail/e-business/banking etc) I think a lot of the internet generation will find the process a pain and just not bother! Surely it should be as simple as turn up with a passport and vote!

    That said, It looks like I’m still registered from my parents house..

    1. Fatman Scooperman

      The purpose of presenting in person is to verify your identity. It is also a requirement for other state documents like passport and driving licence.

  9. Peter Dempsey

    I had two polling cards last time; if I get two this time I will vote YES and NO.

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