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Vote without card

  • 12-06-2008 2:09am
    #1
    Bicky
    Registered Users Posts: 878 ✭✭✭


    Will id be enough on the day or do i need a polling card?


Comments

  • #2
    sink
    Registered Users Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭sink


    You defintely need a voting card. No vote without one!


  • #3
    xOxSinéadxOx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,604 ✭✭✭xOxSinéadxOx


    just id i think!


  • #4
    thenightrider
    Registered Users Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭thenightrider


    it should be ok so i have being told


  • #5
    sink
    Registered Users Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭sink


    I went down without my card for Nice II (My first vote) and was told to go home and get it.


  • #6
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,076 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Probably depends on where you are. If you are in one of the large urban stations then possibly not, but down the country we do things a little differently :pac:


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  • #7
    Scofflaw
    Registered Users Posts: 23,283 ✭✭✭✭Scofflaw


    marco_polo wrote: »
    Probably depends on where you are. If you are in one of the large urban stations then possibly not, but down the country we do things a little differently :pac:

    I seem to remember being in without a card on at least one occasion and being allowed to vote. Depends on the person on duty to some extent.

    cordially,
    Scofflaw


  • #8
    marco_polo
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 10,076 Mod ✭✭✭✭marco_polo


    Scofflaw wrote: »
    I seem to remember being in without a card on at least one occasion and being allowed to vote. Depends on the person on duty to some extent.

    cordially,
    Scofflaw

    Well I live in Dublin now, but back home in Clare I never once brought a card to the pooling station. Probably does depends mainly on the polling officers personality.


  • #9
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,002 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    You do not need the card. It is for your information only. You will probably be asked for id. You also do not have to hand over the card.

    Not your ornery onager



  • #10
    Newtie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭Newtie


    Quick question, I got myself on the supplemental register well before the deadline, but I didn't get a polling card in the post like my flatmate did the other day. Should I have, in that perfect world where County Councils work properly? Does not getting the card mean I'm not actually on the supplemental register, so I'll be screwed when I go vote later today?


  • #11
    karen3212
    Closed Accounts Posts: 668 ✭✭✭karen3212


    I just rang my local council, and they told me where to go to vote. You have to be allowed to vote he said, as not everyone will be posted out or get a card. Bring id, I'm bringing licence with my address and my passport.

    happy voting!


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  • #12
    mcaul
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,493 ✭✭✭mcaul


    If you have official form of photo id (passport / drivers licence / gov issued id) and you know where your local polling station is, you will have no problem.


  • #13
    Bally8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,144 ✭✭✭Bally8


    Just voted- had lost the card so I brought my passport- no problem at all


  • #14
    spank_inferno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,892 ✭✭✭spank_inferno


    Yes indeed you can vote without a polling card
    I didnt receive one yet again but have been able to vote in the past without it anyway.
    It would be a shame if ones ability to vote was based on the competancy or otherwise of An Post :p


  • #15
    Ron DMC
    Registered Users Posts: 5,297 ✭✭✭Ron DMC


    I had my polling card with me this morning, but they didn't ask for id at all.


  • #16
    nhughes100
    Closed Accounts Posts: 845 ✭✭✭nhughes100


    So long as you're on the register you can vote with photo id.


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