ALERT: Deadline to register for postal voting confirmed for General Election 2024

An Coimisiún Toghcháin, Ireland’s independent electoral commission is urgently calling on people to check the register to ensure they’re registered to vote in the upcoming General Election, and that their details are correct.

Following confirmation from the Taoiseach that polling day will be Friday, November 29, statutory cut-off deadlines will apply for people who want to vote in the General Election once the election is called.

Simon Harris has stated he will call on President Michael D Higgins to dissolve the 33rd Dáil and call a General Election this Friday, November 8.

The window to register for postal and special voting is short at only 2 days once the election is called, so those who are eligible need to act fast before the likely deadline of Sunday November 10.

Postal voting is provided for in respect of certain categories of person as specified in electoral law.

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These include members of An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces; Irish diplomats serving abroad and their spouses/partners; those who are unable to vote in person at their local polling station because of an illness or disability; electors whose occupation, service or employment makes it likely that they will be unable to vote in person on polling day; full-time students registered at their home who are living elsewhere while attending an educational institution in the State; anonymous Electors or members of the household of the person whose safety would be at risk if their name and address were published on the register of electors; and prisoners.

The relevant forms to apply for a postal vote are available from Check the Register or your Local Authority. 

"The election campaign is the time to have conversations with your family and friends about the election," Mr Art O’Leary, Chief Executive of the An Coimisiún Toghcháin, stated.

"Whether it’s at the breakfast table with family, over a drink with friends, or in your group chats to decide your vote, but if you’re not registered by Tuesday 12 November you will miss your chance to have your say," he said.