REGISTER OF ELECTORS
It is now your responsibility to ensure that you’re registered to vote.
New Registration
The referendums on the proposals contained in the Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023 and the Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023 will be held on Friday, 08 March 2024. If you are eligible to vote and not on the register of electors, you must apply on or before Tuesday, 20 February 2024.
To be eligible to vote in a Referendum:
- You must be 18 years of age on or before Friday, 08 March 2024.
- You must be living full time at the address at which you wish to be registered.
- You must have Irish citizenship.
How to apply:
- On-line on checktheregister.ie
- Hard copy forms (ERF1) are available at the Kildare County Council Head Office, Áras Chill Dara, Devoy Park, Naas, Co. Kildare and libraries across the county. Copies also available to download at checktheregister.ie.
If you applied to have your address within Kildare changed after Monday, 22 January 2024 the change of address will not come into effect until after Friday, 08 March 2024. Therefore, you must vote from your old address for the forthcoming Referendums.
Postal Vote
Won’t be able to make it to the Polling Station on Polling Day?
If your illness or disability or due to work/service or study reasons you are prevented from attending a polling station on polling day, you may be entitled to vote by post.
If you have had an illness/disability postal vote in the last general election in 2020, there is no need to re-apply.
Contact Kildare County Council at 045-980201 or email register@kildarecoco.ie to check your postal voter status or to enquire about your eligibility. Forms to apply for a postal vote can be downloaded at www.checktheregister.ie
Applications for entry onto the postal voters list must be received on or before the closing date Monday, 12 February 2024
For any enquires please email register@kildarecoco.ie or phone 045-980201.
All completed forms must be returned by either email to register@kildarecoco.ie or by Free Post, Register of Electors, Kildare County Council, Áras Chill Dara, Devoy Park, Naas, Co. Kildare.
