Can you VOTE in the next Election?
Check the DRAFT Register of Electors (printed on pink paper) now at your local Council
Office, Library, Post Office or Garda Station. You can also check the register online at the
County Council’s website www.wicklow.ie or at www.checktheregister.ie
You should not assume that just because your name was on the Register at the last
election that it is still there. In particular, if you have moved house recently or you will
be 18 years of age or over on the 15th February, 2012 your name should be on the
Register. IT IS UP TO YOU TO ENSURE THAT IT IS.
Application forms ( RFA1 ) for inclusion on the Register of Electors are available at any
of the above offices and these should be
returned to the Franchise Section, Wicklow County Council, County Buildings, Wicklow
by the 25th November, 2011.
Form RFA1 - Correction in the Draft Register
Claim for correction in the Draft Register
RFA1 - correction in the Draft Register application,
93kb
Voting by Post?
You may apply to have your name included on a new Postal Voters List. The Postal
Voters List is open to those voters who are unable to vote, or who are likely to be
unable to vote, at their Local Polling Station due to the following:-
- A) The circumstances of their occupation or employment (including students pursuing a
full-time course within the state)
- B) Physical illness or disability AND residing at home
- C) Voters resident in a nursing home or hospital who are unable to go to their Polling
Station due to physical illness or physical disability may apply for inclusion on the Special
Voters List.
- D) Persons unable to vote at their polling station in person because of the circumstances
of their detention in prison pursuant to an order of a court.
Application forms for inclusion on the Postal or Special Voters Lists may be obtained
from the Franchise Section, Wicklow County Council, County Buildings, Wicklow to be returned by the 25th November, 2011.
Thomas Murphy
Director of Services,
Wicklow County Council
County Buildings,
Wicklow.
November, 2011.
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