No 33 of 2006 - Electoral (Amendment) Act 2006
What does this law do?
The Act provides specific arrangements for postal voting by prisoners. Prisoners will continue to be registered at their home address and, for voting purposes, will be deemed to be ordinarily resident in their home constituency. Prisoners must be able to establish that they were ordinarily resident in the State prior to being imprisoned in order to avail of the postal voting arrangements. As is the case with all voters, citizenship will determine the type of elections at which prisoners can vote. The Act also provides for a number of miscellaneous amendments to electoral law.
Contact Department:
Department of Environment and Local Government
Signed on:
11 December 2006
Full details of this Act can be found on the Oireacthas website.