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Local Elections.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 9 March 2004

Tuesday, 9 March 2004

Questions (320, 321)

Trevor Sargent

Question:

407 Mr. Sargent asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will give advance notice of the date of the making of the polling day order for the local elections in view of the importance of this date for the recording of candidates’ election expenses. [7494/04]

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Written answers

It has been the practice to formalise the order under section 26 of the Local Government Act 2001 fixing the polling date for an election at a relatively late stage so as to maximise the time available for applying for entry on the supplement to the postal and special voters postal lists. I intend that this practice will be followed for the European and local elections scheduled for 11 June 2004.

Jim O'Keeffe

Question:

408 Mr. J. O’Keeffe asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if a person living in an electoral area for county council elections purposes relocates to a new address within that electoral area and the new address happens to be within a town council area, that person is entitled to register at their new address and thereby be entitled to vote in the upcoming town council and county council elections. [7495/04]

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Section 15 of the Electoral Act 1992, as amended by section 6 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2001, provides that a person registered as an elector in a local electoral area, who takes up ordinary residence in another local electoral area within the registration area of the registration authority, may apply to the authority for entry in the supplement to the register of electors at the new address, provided the elector authorises the authority to delete his or her name from the register of electors where he or she is registered. In such circumstances, the person would be entitled to vote in both the town and county council elections.

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