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voting while out of the country

  • 09-04-2018 10:43am
    #1
    keithc420
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭


    cant seem to find a straight answer online!
    I will be out of the country when the vote for the next referendum is taking place.
    (I will be in Spain if this helps)
    Can i vote? online? postal? embassy?


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  • #2
    vicwatson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,404 ✭✭✭✭vicwatson


    keithc420 wrote: »
    cant seem to find a straight answer online!
    I will be out of the country when the vote for the next referendum is taking place.
    (I will be in Spain if this helps)
    Can i vote? online? postal? embassy?

    Cycling forum?


  • #3
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,878 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    thread moved to politics forum.


  • #4
    Trasna1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 565 ✭✭✭Trasna1


    Assuming you are just an ordinary citizen (and without going into the limited exceptions) the short answer is no.
    You must present yourself at your polling station to vote.


  • #5
    Larbre34
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,717 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    Ireland does not do online or embassy voting. A good thing in my opinion.

    Postal votes are only for the infirm or those whose essential duties on polling day prevent them from attending their home polling station in person. So as mentioned above, if you're out of the country for whatever personal reason that day, you will not be voting.


  • #6
    Annasopra
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 41,156 ✭✭✭✭Annasopra


    keithc420 wrote: »
    cant seem to find a straight answer online!
    I will be out of the country when the vote for the next referendum is taking place.
    (I will be in Spain if this helps)
    Can i vote? online? postal? embassy?


    If you are on holidays. No
    If you are living there. No - but if you have been living there less than 18 months you can return home to vote
    If you are working there. No in most cases

    http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government_in_ireland/elections_and_referenda/voting/registering_to_vote.html#leb892
    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.

    It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.

    Terry Pratchet



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  • #7
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,487 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    Anything more than extremely limited postal voting is a massive threat to the integrity of the electoral process, IMO.

    In Cavan there was a great fire / Judge McCarthy was sent to inquire / It would be a shame / If the nuns were to blame / So it had to be caused by a wire.



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