Electoral (Polling Cards) Act, 1943
What is this act about?
This law mandates that returning officers send polling cards to eligible voters during general elections for Dáil Éireann members held during the national emergency declared in 1939. These cards provide voters with information about their registration and polling place.
Who it applies to: Returning officers for constituencies in general elections of Dáil Éireann members; Electors whose names are on the register of Dáil electors for a constituency and are not on the postal voters' list.
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What does this act regulate?
- The sending of polling cards by returning officers to voters.
- The content and addressing of these polling cards.
- The timing for the delivery of polling cards.
- The treatment of expenses incurred by returning officers for this task.
Who does this act apply to?
- Returning officers for constituencies in general elections of Dáil Éireann members.
- Electors whose names are on the register of Dáil electors for a constituency and are not on the postal voters' list.
What are the key points?
- Polling cards must be sent by post to every elector whose name is on the register of Dáil electors for a constituency and is not on the postal voters' list.
- Polling cards must inform the elector of their number (including polling district letter) on the register and the situation of their polling place.
- Polling cards must be addressed by the name and at the address by and in respect of which the elector is registered.
- Polling cards must be sent at such time that they would be delivered not later than the third day before the polling day.
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ELECTORAL (POLLING CARDS) ACT, 1943.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section
Section 1
Definitions.
Section 2
Sending of polling cards by returning officers.
Section 3
Returning officer's expenses.
Section 4
Validity of election notwithstanding failure to comply with this Act.
Section 5
Short title and collective citation.
Act Referred to Electoral Act, 1923 No. 12 of 1923 Number 15 of 1943.
ELECTORAL (POLLING CARDS) ACT, 1943.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE SENDING BY RETURNING OFFICERS TO VOTERS AT GENERAL ELECTIONS OF MEMBERS OF DÁIL ÉIREANN HELD DURING THE PRESENT NATIONAL EMERGENCY OF INFORMATION AS TO THEIR NUMBER ON THE REGISTER OF ELECTORS AND THEIR PLACE OF VOTING. [18th May, 1943.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:— Definitions.
1.—In this Act— the expression “register of Dáil electors” means a register of persons entitled to vote at an election of members or a member of Dáil Eireann; the expression “the present national emergency” means the national emergency affecting the vital interests of the State which was declared by resolutions passed by each House of the Oireachtas on the 2nd day of September, 1939, to exist; the word “prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister for Local Government and Public Health.
Sending of polling cards by returning officers.
2.—(1) Whenever, at a general election of members of Dáil Eireann held during the present national emergency, the election in any constituency is adjourned for the purpose of taking a poll, the returning officer for such constituency shall send by post in accordance with this Act to every elector whose name is on the register of Dáil electors for such constituency and is not on the postal voters' list for such constituency a card (in this Act referred to as a polling card) in the prescribed form informing such elector of his number (including polling district letter) on such register and of the situation of the polling place in which such elector will be entitled to vote at such election.
Returning officer's expenses.
3.—The expenses incurred by a returning officer in complying with this Act at an election shall be expenses incurred by him for the purposes of such election within the meaning of section 25 of the Electoral Act, 1923 (No. 12 of 1923), and that section shall apply and have effect accordingly.
Validity of election notwithstanding failure to comply with this Act.
4.—(1) No election shall be invalidated by reason of the failure of the returning officer to send a polling card in accordance with this Act to any elector or by reason of the non-delivery of a polling card to any elector or of any error or mis-statement in any polling card sent in pursuance of this Act, nor shall any election be questioned on the ground of any such failure, non-delivery, error, or mis-statement.
Short title and collective citation.
5.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Electoral (Polling Cards) Act, 1943.
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