Q.  How do I ensure that I will be able to vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum?

31.08.09

All Irish citizens aged 18 or over on polling day and living in the State are entitled to vote in referendums. You must be registered with the County Council. You can check the Electoral Register for 2009/2010 at www.checktheregister.ie . Copies of the Register are also held in County Council offices, post offices, Garda stations and public libraries. If you are not registered you can apply to be included in the supplement to the Electoral Register. To be registered in time to vote in the referendum on 2 October 2009, you should ensure that the completed application form RFA2 reaches the Council by Tuesday 15 September 2009.

If you are on the register but have recently moved address from one electoral area to another, you will need application form RFA3. You can download all forms from www.checktheregister.ie or ask the Council to post it out. To amend incorrect details, use form RFA1. There is a Postal Voters List which you can register on if you cannot go to a polling station because of certain special circumstances such as illness, education, occupation etc. This list comes into force on 15 February each year. Your application must be received on or before 25 November of the previous year. However, you may apply for inclusion in a supplement to the postal or special voters lists at any time. These supplements close at a specified time in respect of each election or referendum. The postal and special voters supplements for the Lisbon Treaty referendum are now closed.
 

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