Registering as a Postal Voter?

up them Schteps

I guys,

Quick question, how do i register to become a postal voter? I wont be around for the election. I have checked out the citizensinformation.ie website. All it tells me is who is eligible but not how/where to apply.

Can I just drop down to my local council and sort it there?

mikemac

Your local council will be able to help you

That doesn't sound very helpful but it's true

up them Schteps

Thanks for the reply. Ya I was going to pop down there tomorrow just wanted to make sure I wouldn't be wasting my time with them sending me away.

dtf

I think you are wasting your time.

Postal vote is only available to Gardai/ soldiers / diplomats etc, who while working, for the state, away from home, are not in a position to vote in an election.

For all the rest of us a postal vote is not available.
I'd be very interested to know if you find that this is not the case but I am almost certain that this is.

leincar

A previous thread from the time of the second Lisbon treaty.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=62136228#post62136228

up them Schteps

Your also eligable if your in full time education away from home. So I am eligable for this. Check your facts!

Victor

up them Schteps wrote: »

Your also eligable if your in full time education away from home. So I am eligable for this. Check your facts!

Indeed, check your facts. You're wrong.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/elections_and_referenda/voting/registering_to_vote.html

Students living away from home while attending college have the choice of being registered at either their home address or their student residential address.

Postal Voters List

You will normally be required to vote in person at an official voting centre but you may be eligible for a postal vote if you are:

* An Irish diplomat or his/her spouse posted abroad
* A member of the Garda Síochána
* A whole-time member of the Defence Forces.

You may also be eligible for a postal vote if you cannot go to a polling station because:

* Of a physical illness or disability
* You are studying full time at an educational institution in Ireland, which is away from your home address where you are registered
* You are unable to vote at your polling station because of your occupation
* You are unable to vote at your polling station because you are in prison as a result of an order of a court.

Applications for inclusion on the Postal Voters List must be received by 25 November at the latest.

If you are registered as a postal voter, you may vote by post only. You may not vote at a polling station.


Supplement to the Postal Voters List

If you are eligible for the postal voter list but are not included, you can apply for inclusion in the relevant supplement to the lists.

The latest date for receipt of applications is two days after the date of dissolution of the Dáil in the case of a general election or two days after the order appointing polling day for other elections or referenda.

OhNoYouDidn't

Regardless of whether you can get one or not on your status, deadline was November last year.

snickerpuss

Victor wrote: »

Indeed, check your facts. You're wrong.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/elections_and_referenda/voting/registering_to_vote.html

Postal Voters List

You will normally be required to vote in person at an official voting centre but you may be eligible for a postal vote if you are:

* An Irish diplomat or his/her spouse posted abroad
* A member of the Garda Síochána
* A whole-time member of the Defence Forces.

You may also be eligible for a postal vote if you cannot go to a polling station because:

* Of a physical illness or disability
* You are studying full time at an educational institution in Ireland, which is away from your home address where you are registered
* You are unable to vote at your polling station because of your occupation
* You are unable to vote at your polling station because you are in prison as a result of an order of a court.

Applications for inclusion on the Postal Voters List must be received by 25 November at the latest.

If you are registered as a postal voter, you may vote by post only. You may not vote at a polling station.


Supplement to the Postal Voters List

If you are eligible for the postal voter list but are not included, you can apply for inclusion in the relevant supplement to the lists.

The latest date for receipt of applications is two days after the date of dissolution of the Dáil in the case of a general election or two days after the order appointing polling day for other elections or referenda.

Does this not seem to apply to the OP?

jank

It seems to me that people are surprised about this situation.

Focalbhach

OhNoYouDidn't wrote: »

Regardless of whether you can get one or not on your status, deadline was November last year.

Saw that too - it strikes me as being an unnecessarily restrictive rule, considering how close to polling day the main register of electors can be amended. How can someone know if they're going to be abroad on voting day before the date is announced? As it happens, I'll be away for work on polling day so I would be eligible for a postal vote, had I registered before November 25th last. I'll make some enquiries tomorrow to see if there's a loophole I'm missing. I suspect they'll be futile enquiries, but gotta try! If there are any breakthroughs I'll report back...

Head The Wall

Leto wrote: »

Saw that too - it strikes me as being an unnecessarily restrictive rule, considering how close to polling day the main register of electors can be amended. How can someone know if they're going to be abroad on voting day before the date is announced? As it happens, I'll be away for work on polling day so I would be eligible for a postal vote, had I registered before November 25th last. I'll make some enquiries tomorrow to see if there's a loophole I'm missing. I suspect they'll be futile enquiries, but gotta try! If there are any breakthroughs I'll report back...

See the Supplement to Postal Voters list above

Focalbhach

Head The Wall wrote: »

See the Supplement to Postal Voters list above

I'm going to blame that on mid-week brain shutdown

Thanks!

leincar

If you are eligable for a postal vote you can apply to go on the supplemental postal register up to two days after the dissolution of the Dáil.

http://www.citizensinformationboard.ie/publications/relate/voter_supplement_2009_1.pdf


I have a postal vote and it is a convoluted process. When you get the application form P.V.2. you need to bring it to a Peace Commissioner or a Commissioner for Oaths for more filling out of the form.

If you work, you then need to bring the form to your employer for him or her to sign before you can submit it. I presume if you are in college you will need to bring the form to your Dean of faculty.

Its still an archaic process. When you receive your ballot paper you have to present yourself to your local Garda station with a suitable I.D. so they can verify who you are. Then you can submit your postal vote. For Referenda the ballot usually arrives three weeks beforehand, and elections two weeks.

Focalbhach

Does anyone know if there's a separate form to be filled for the supplemental register of postal voters, or is it the regular PV2?

ghostdancer

Victor wrote: »

Indeed, check your facts. You're wrong.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/elections_and_referenda/voting/registering_to_vote.html

no he isn't.
your post just proves his point, and quite clearly states that you're wrong.

3greenrizla's

I have a holiday booked for the first week in march.
Is it possible that the election will be moved forward?

joeKel73

I'm a fulltime student studying away from home so filling out these forms (PV2) to get a postal vote in case the election date gets moved closer and is mid-week. From what I see I'm eligible, just need college to sign it.

There's nowhere on the form for my college address. How is the vote made, I'd assumed a balot was posted out, filled in and returned... do they send this to the address on the register? No big issue, I'll get it forwarded to me, seems odd though.