Comments on: Disenfranchised… http://dublinopinion.com/2007/05/18/disenfranchised/ It's a group blog. What more do you need to know? Thu, 17 May 2012 08:42:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Donagh http://dublinopinion.com/2007/05/18/disenfranchised/#comment-16538 Donagh Fri, 18 May 2007 09:50:20 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2007/05/18/disenfranchised/#comment-16538 I started renting in Dalkey about 18 months ago. Its a very nice area generally, and we have RTE posse, Mary Wilson, David McHairflick and Green Jag driving Tuberty (doing well for a civil servant) hovering around Xtravision on the mainstreet to prove how nice it is. Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown traditionally has the highest turnout in all elections. They're the ones with the biggest interest in the vote. Last summer though, just after the census was conducted we got a visit from a lady with a flip chart. I thought she was with the census too. No, she was from Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council and wanted to make sure that we were registered to vote. She came back about a week or so later to check. I got my polling card there last week, although when I checked on checktheregister.ie. my name wasn't there. I'm supposed to vote in the local town hall, which is in Dalkey Castle, a fairly ancient heritage spot that they're not likely to knock down anytime soon. I started renting in Dalkey about 18 months ago. Its a very nice area generally, and we have RTE posse, Mary Wilson, David McHairflick and Green Jag driving Tuberty (doing well for a civil servant) hovering around Xtravision on the mainstreet to prove how nice it is.

Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown traditionally has the highest turnout in all elections. They’re the ones with the biggest interest in the vote. Last summer though, just after the census was conducted we got a visit from a lady with a flip chart. I thought she was with the census too.

No, she was from Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown County Council and wanted to make sure that we were registered to vote. She came back about a week or so later to check. I got my polling card there last week, although when I checked on checktheregister.ie. my name wasn’t there.

I’m supposed to vote in the local town hall, which is in Dalkey Castle, a fairly ancient heritage spot that they’re not likely to knock down anytime soon.

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