Councils Should Set Up Clinics to Facilitate Voter Registration- O'Leary

Councils Should Set Up Clinics to Facilitate Voter Registration


Sinn Féin councillor Chris O’Leary has called on the council’s franchise office to take special measures to facilitate registration of voters in advance of the election.

Cllr O’Leary said:

“We are facing into the most important election in our recent history. Yet there is broad agreement that the electoral register is deeply flawed, riddled with inaccuracies and excludes many voters.”

“The electoral register is now closed and voters wishing to be registered for the election can only be included on the supplementary register, which requires presenting themselves at a Garda station. Many would-be voters may be turned off by the bureaucracy involved and effectively disenfranchised.”

“Sinn Féin is calling on the franchise departments of the city and county council to set up voter registration clinics in communities around the city and county. These would be staffed by officials from the franchise departments, who would give voters any advice they required in filling in the registration forms, and community Gardai. This would facilitate a significant number of electors who would otherwise be disenfranchised to register and have their say in this critical election.”

For further information or comment contact Cllr Chris O’Leary @ 087-2794307