The government is considering using personal public service numbers to verify that members of the public can register to vote. The proposal is part of a plan to overhaul Ireland’s electoral registration. The state is considering setting up a single, national electoral register database that would be used by all local authorities. At the moment, a person has to go to a garda station with documents to have their identity verified. The plan would focus on individual registration, rather than one person registering…

Source: The Times December 17, 2018 00:09 UTC