Meath Voters Urged to Register

As local and European election campaigns get underway across the country, Sinn Féin’s candidate in East Meath, Sinéad Burke, has urged people to make sure they are registered to vote.

She said, “I have met many, many people on the doorsteps across East Meath who are eligible to vote but not registered. The deadline for inclusion in the Supplementary Register for the upcoming elections is May 15th.

“People should check the register to make sure they are on it. This can be done online at www.checktheregister.ie, or at any council office, post office, library or Garda station. If people find that they are not on the register, they have until Friday 15th May to fill out an RFA2 form and return it to the local authority. Again these forms are available online or from government buildings. A Garda stamp is needed to validate the completed form.

She concluded, “A recent report indicated that almost 30% of eighteen to twenty five year olds are not registered to vote. The whole system is a logistical and bureaucratic nightmare. Sinn Féin has long called for a situation where people would automatically be included in the Register once they have reached eighteen years of age. The government, for some unknown reason, has resisted this, resulting in huge sections of the population being disenfranchised.”