People are urged to bring their polling card and photographic IDs with them to polling stations today if they want to be guaranteed the chance to vote in the historic Eighth Amendment referendum. Between 7am and 10pm today, a record number of young voters and as many as 3.2m registered voters of all ages — including 118,000 people voting for the first time — will visit polling stations nationwide. If a polling card has not arrived at their homes, citizens can still vote providing they bring photo ID with them in addition to bank account or credit union account record proving their proof of address. It is illegal to show your vote to anyone else, or to take a photo or selfie of how you voted. In addition, no campaigning — including referendum poster placements — can take place within 50ft of a polling station to ensure individual voters do not suffer coercion.

Source: Irish Examiner May 24, 2018 23:14 UTC