Clearly a better job has to be done in educating voters when pretty complex issues drop on voters’ shoulders. More than 300,000 applications to the electoral register have been made online, leading to the greatest addition ever to the voter pool in time for the referendums. The big additional intake means a large number of new voters are likely to cast their ballots for the first time. This enables people to register to vote at any time of year, both online as well as in paper form. Given the lazy attitude of local councils towards the register for decades, a national focus is welcome.

Source: Irish Independent March 04, 2024 04:04 UTC