Not registered to vote...

p1akuw47h5r3it

I am just wondering if anyone who gave their details to be registered to vote is still not on the register?

The SU ran had a stand doing this (at the end of Nov/start of DEC i think) and I did it, but am not on the register!

I gave them my form in November too and the week before the closing date for the election I checked the register at my local garda station and wasn't on it, had to quickly submit another one.

Dunno what happened to the one I gave into Trinity but I was unimpressed. It could be a case that the register wasn't updated online tho, check in your local garda station.

TCDSU

Hey Guys,

Saw this post and thought I should reply to combat any hysteria.

I personally oversaw the entire voter registration and can guarantee you that every possible precaution was taken to make sure that everyone who registered with us, had their voter form returned to their County/City Council correctly. (About 2,500 forms).

As instructed by the Dept. of Local Gov each of our forms was mailed in separate envelopes,to the correct Council with Gardai stamps(when required) and a day ahead of the deadline both in November and in Feb.


Both myself and USI contacted a number of Councils and the Dept. of Local Government to ensure there was no problems with out voter drive. Every single one of them assured us that they was no problem expect for Fingal County Council.

Fingal county council, refused to accept the forms, because they were part of a voter registration drive ( read laziness). They were subsequently brought to court by USI, and they settled out of court agreeing to accept all the forms.

After we found in Feb 1st(the date it was meant to be updated by) that the check the register website had not been updated, we again contacted county councils and Dept. of Local government. The reply was that they have been flooded from applications from not only students but also new voters in the run up to the elections and that the register had not been updated as they were still trawling through all the applications. We have been assured that EVERY form that is in their current backlog will be on the register come voting day.

Personally after running this campaign I was furious with how little regard the Government have for giving people their right to vote.

Why is it that for the vast majority of the year you need a Garda stamp on your Voter Registration form but for the 25 days from the 1st of November you don't?

Why in this day and age, does the Voter Registration process have to be so labour intensive, when it could be very easily replaced with an online system, using PPS numbers?

Why would does a County Council have to be taken to court to be made accept perfectly legitimate voter registration forms?




Nikolai

p1akuw47h5r3it

Alri cool thanks for the reply.

I'd check with my local Garda station but it's in Clontarf and I live in Drumcondra so is a bot o a hike if I dont have a lift!

layviae

got my voter card in the post yesterday after registering in november with trinity as i had fallen off the register again (i have fallen off every single register)

liliq

last place i had my vote was in sligo- never changed it back to dublin, and couldn't find myself on either register. somehow a voting card arrived in the post this morning anyway!