02/02/2011
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South Dublin County Council encourages you to check the Register.
The 2011/2012 Register of Electors and the February 2011 General Election
The 2011 / 2012 Register of Electors was officially published on 1st February 2011. It will come into force on the 15th February 2011 and will be used for any elections/referenda held between that date and the 14th February 2012.
Eligibility to vote at the forthcoming General Election
Every Irish citizen living in Ireland over the age of 18 on or before polling day, as well as any British citizen ordinarily resident in Ireland, is entitled to vote in the General Election. However you must be “registered” and included in the Register of Electors in order to actually cast your vote.
Checking the Register
Eligible electors are encouraged to check the Register to see if they are “registered” You can search the live register by logging onto www.checktheregister.ie or www.sdcc.ie or alternatively paper copies of the Register will be available for inspection at County Hall, Tallaght, County Library Tallaght, Clondalkin Civic Offices, Branch Libraries, post offices, and Garda Stations over the coming days.
Using the on-line search
If you choose to use the on-line search facility you should enter your Surname, First name, House Number and Street name. The on-line search facility can be sensitive and the search will match exact spellings of your surname and first name as recorded on the register. For example; although you may be known as 'Mike' by family and friends you may be formally recorded on the register as 'Michael' so care needs to be given to what you enter in your search. You can however perform the search as often as you like changing the search to known variations of your name.
If your house has a number then you must enter it.
You must enter at least three letters in the street field. For example; if you live on a street or estate known as 'Riverview' you may enter 'Riv' as your search field. This is useful as your address recorded on the register could be 'Riverview' (as a single word) or 'River View' (as two words) or even 'River View Estate' (as three words). In this example either Riverview or River View or River View Estate will be found by entering 'riv'.
A full example -
'Blogg' in the Surname field, 'Joe' in the first name field, '6' in the house number field and 'Bee' in the street field will return Joe Blogg living at No 6 and the street name starting with 'Bee'. The search will return the name, address, election type, and the polling station for each individual. Clicking on the Map icon will plot the polling station in the mapping application.
What to do if you are not registered
If you find that you are not registered and you are eligible to vote in the forthcoming General Election you may apply for inclusion on the Supplement to the Register of Electors 2011/12. Download form RFA2 from our website www.sdcc.ie where we have both Irish and English versions. You should use an RFA3 if you wish to record a Change of Address.
Applications for inclusion in the Supplement to the Register must be witnessed by a member of An Garda Síochána.
The principal categories of electors eligible to apply for entry onto a Supplement are
- Electors omitted from the current Register in error during compilation stage.
- Returned emigrants
- Non-nationals taking up residence in the State
- Non-registered electors who move house
- Electors who reach 18 years after the qualifying date for the current Register, up to and including polling day.
- Registered electors, who move to a new registration area, or within the same area, provided they authorise the deletion of their names from the original Register.
The closing date for receipt of Supplement Applications is 8th February 2011.
For further information contact:
South Dublin County Council
County Hall, Tallaght
Tel: 01 – 4149000
Web: www.sdcc.ie or Email info@sdublincoco.ie