Who took my name off the voters' register?

[Gordon Gekko]

Leo, as a moderator, I would expect more. The question may be deemed a waste of time by you, but that is an extremely snide, brow-beating response. It is a legitimate question from my perspective and if a person can be ridiculed by a moderator for asking a question on these forums, then the entire premise of 'askaboutmoney.com' is on a slow road to nowhere.

panathon, with the greatest respect your opening post is worthy of nothing other than ridicule. Like many other people, I actually laughed out loud when I read it. I thought you were joking. Surely you can see that talking about legal action was bonkers?

 

[G7979]

In short the personal responsibility you mention, its your own responsibility to ensure you are registered to vote, two links are below

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/e...and_referenda/voting/registering_to_vote.html

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/e...uction_to_the_irish_system/right_to_vote.html

It is the responsibility of the local council/corporation to update and publish the register for their area. From my conversations with other staff members they go door to door attempting to update the information they have. I have worked in the past with the office responsible for running polling stations but not for a council so my knowledge is limited. It is a regular occurrence on polling day for people to be removed from the register and complain, or for someone to get upset because a deceased person or someone who has moved away is still on the register - it is an imperfect system, and from what I have heard is dependant on the person knocking on doors.

You could contact your local office and ask when they last visited your area, it may give some clues as to why you were removed - were you away at the time and someone said you werent living there at the time? Not sure they will be able or willing to give you much information.

 

[panathon]

Firstly, thank you for a normal polite reply, G7979, to a question with a bit of insight, you have renewed my faith in there being some helpful people out there without an agenda. I had made sure I was registered to vote, I have re-registered. I have called my local office,who would only confirm I had been removed from the register, but claimed they could not divulge why or by whom or when. I also called again after re-registering to see why I had not received my voting card and was told I was not on the system and would have to re-register again for a third time .

As I mentioned previously, siblings long absent from the area retain the right to vote there even though one now lives abroad (for 15 years). I am annoyed. An imperfect system is a reason, not an excuse. I would reiterate no-one called to the door. So I can only surmise, as moneybox suggested, [a] a neighbour gave unvalidated hearsay information and that this was acceptable, which I now suspect (hearsay is not a legal argument in any shape or scenario Mr. Gordon Gekko (see above) and neither is the word bonkers really an acceptable or definable term, only within the boundaries of hearsay) that on re-registration, 'they' couldn't work the shomputers'' for an update or [c] something else - who knows what. I have a family member who works for polling stations in a different locality, and who says it is completely illegal to remove a person's right to vote without backup evidenced information.

Anyway, thank you for your response, and I am leaving the thread, but I am left wondering why , my question riled so many people to give an aggressive or smarmy response. Is it group mentality, croneyism or fear of questioning the structures we live under, an uniquely irish trait?

Goodnight and thanks to those who were constructive, even if the question was laughable

 

[Purple]

panathon, I think it was your desire to sue the person who removed your name that provoked the reaction you got. It was a little OTT.