We’re picking up rumours of valid voters being prevented from voting. We have no indication of scale or geographical spread, but it is hardly surprising, since the register was thought to be up 15% inaccurate by polling day, and the parties had already assembled their legal teams well in advance. The final scale will tell whether this is a story with legs… It is, as they say, too early to tell…
Coming up to the Halloween holiday, some people might be frightened of the idea of Voices from the Grave – but for others, the chance to hear an oral history of the Troubles from the mouths of two (in)famous protagonists, PUP leader and former UVF member David Ervine, and Brendan “The Dark” Hughes, is not [...] read our review »
Dr Gordon Gillespie, a researcher at the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast, gave a presentation on “Graphic Portrayals: Northern Ireland, Graphic Novels and the Peace Process”, at the Linen Hall Library. Gordon started with a clarification that he was going to talk about graphic novels/comic books, not cartoons, and material that was [...] read our review »
I have voted this morning. However I am a political-anorak who checked that I was on the register when I had disappeared from checktheregister.ie. Some months ago, I discovered that even though I had filled in the form for the man at the door, that I had still been deleted. I rang the council and they put me back on. I would be quite worried about this. But let’s face it, the price of democracy/freedom is vigiliance. On the longer-term I would hope this would act as a push-factor towards centralising the chaotic register.
Is it easy to check if one’s postal vote arrived? I posted mine from Dublin on Sunday, and I want to make sure it made it to the count.
I heard it claimed some time ago that only urban people were deleted is that true?
Politics.ie has contributors stating they received a polling card but were refused when they turned up to vote.
Is it easy to check if one’s postal vote arrived? I posted mine from Dublin on Sunday, and I want to make sure it made it to the count.