recedite wrote: » So did you find out who did it, and why? I presume it would be an offence under the electoral act, so did you contact the Gardai or press charges?
Cabaal wrote: » No letters were received and yes all the family members effected were Deregistered, Given we had to reregister I think I know what happened
recedite wrote: » But were they actually deregistered, or did a letter go out to the house saying they would be deregistered if they did not reply to it?
Cabaal wrote: » Somebody Deregistered most of my family a number of years back dispite nobody moving!
Hotblack Desiato wrote: » Strong whiff of urban legend off that. A council isn't going to remove a voter on the request of some randomer.
lazygal wrote: » They're also noting addresses on the canvass where people tell them they're voting yes and getting people removed.
smokingman wrote: » Check if you're registered everyone. Seems the latest tactic from the "love both" crowd is to write letters to councils to get people they've identified using Facebook data to get pro-choice people removed as "non-resident"
Hotblack Desiato wrote: » This is not the UK My mistake. I meant to reference the irish one. Wtf are you hoping to achieve by posting this shyte???
aloyisious wrote: » For donation limits, https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/political-parties-campaigning-and-donations/campaign-spending-and-donations-at-referendums. Scroll down the side-bar on the left for particular funding rules. Note that there is no requirement for campaigns to keep the commission up to date on current donations as the campaign advances before the referendum, only the rule that a spending return is to be submitted after the referendum. Note the rule on lead campaigns being given higher spending limits than other campaigns on the same side.
aloyisious wrote: » Did you know that the Repeal the 8th lobby is not a grassroots movement but a US funded lobby group which is receiving millions of dollars to change our Constitution ? You can read more here... I'm of the opinion, as are sone of the respondent-commentators, that it is a false-flag Op.
ohnonotgmail wrote: » i'm not sure this is really a hard question for the No side. the likes of spuc, iona and youth defence would be against contraception as well. they are not so keen on sex education in schools either
robindch wrote: » Being "aware of the foreign funding rules" and not accepting money from abroad are different things. Figures differ as to what the anti-abortion side have collected from their funding sources, but it seems to be comfortably in excess of one million. Still, the Together For Yes appears to be collecting in the region of €50,000 per day from around 1,000 donors.
Waterford Whispers wrote: ULTRA-conservative Milwaukee native Garret Merser has arrived in Ireland for a once-in-a-lifetime trip that will see the staunch advocate of Ireland’s 8th amendment ‘tour around’ the country until late May. Stressing that he’s always wanted to visit the emerald isle to retrace his roots and see the sights, Merser is set to take in the Book Of Kells, the Blarney Stone, Newgrange, the Cliffs Of Moher, and if he has time, as many pro-life rallies and demonstrations as his schedule allows. Starting with a whistle-stop tour of the busiest roundabouts, high-footfall streets and college entrances of the city, the 67-year-old devout Christian has stressed that his arrival in Ireland just as the country prepares for what will most likely be the most bitterly fought referendum in the country’s history is ‘pure coincidence’, and that it’s always been his lifelong dream to fly 7,000 miles to a country he’s never been to, accompanied only by the 167 members of his anti-abortion church group for company. “I’ll admit your 8th amendment is beautiful, but honestly we just wanted to try this Supermacs that we’ve heard so much about,” said Merser, waving a placard of a dead foetus at a 16-year-old girl. “So our church decided that they’d bankroll a little holiday for us all, which was super generous of them. An 8-week trip to Ireland, with all expenses paid, and all we have to do is relax and take in the sights, maybe do some protesting here and there, maybe stand on the side of the road and let people know about how sick and perverted some Irish women are, and how their evil plan to murder innocent children in the womb is an affront to God himself. And if we have time, the Titanic exhibition”. Although Merser himself has no ties to Ireland, many of his group were born here, before being sold to American families by nuns in the 50s and 6os.
ohnonotgmail wrote: » i'm not sure this is really a hard question for the No side. the likes of spuc, iona and youth defence would be against contraception as well. they are not so keen on sex education in schools either which ironically leads to more unwanted pregnancies.
swampgas wrote: » This has become an issue in Ealing:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/10/ealing-council-vote-buffer-zone-near-marie-stopes-clinic-intimidation-anti-abortion-groups Hopefully something similar can be implemented here.
Rai noted that of those who responded to oppose the PSPO, only 6.6% actually had an Ealing postcode. In contrast, those who supported it were overwhelmingly local residents.
aloyisious wrote: » A spokeperson for one group in the yES side has just said they've been given 170,000 so far in donations. A figure of 1 and a half million has been mentioned for the YES campaign while the Pro-life camapign, Cora Sherlock, said their funding is coming from the grassroots and that they are aware of the foreign funding rules.
seamus wrote: » I would also go as far as putting exclusion zones into law which made it illegal to set up protests or advertisements within 100m of any public or private medical business (providing care to patients), or to otherwise interfere with the passage or privacy of patients coming and going. Thankfully we don't have the same level of hysteria about free speech and it can be regulated as reasonably necessary for the public good.
ohnonotgmail wrote: » i'm not sure this is really a hard question for the No side. the likes of spuc, iona and youth defence would be against contraception as well. they are no so keen on sex education in schools either which ironically leads to more unwanted pregnancies.
Mark Hamill wrote: » What are the hard questions for the No Side? The ones they don't seem to have any answer for at all? A few that come to my mind from posting and reading this thread:If human life begins at conception- - Why do you think this in the first place? - Shouldn't all miscarriages be investigated like any other sudden death?If a foetus is a potential baby (only difference is time and therefore deserves the same protections) - - The only thing stopping conception during most sex is contraception, therefore sex is equivalent to a potential baby in the same way. Why aren't you against all contraception? - Shouldn't we try to stop women from travelling for abortion, even if we might not expect our attempts to stop them to work?Given that there are still 1000s of abortions yearly for Irish women - - Is the 8th Amendment really the best way to stop abortions? Why aren't you campaigning to improve it? Any more?
