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03/10/2013
Thousands Left Unable To Vote In Polling Card 'Blunder'
Dublin City officials have sent polling cards to some 5,000 dead people.
The mistake has been roundly criticised with reports of a Labour TD describing it as a "major cock-up".
It is understood that the mistake has also resulted in some 28,000 people being left without a polling card, just one day before two referendums.
According to reports others who did receive their polling card were then directed to attend the wrong voting station.
The scale of the blunder, by Ireland's largest local authority, raised questions in the Dail on Wednesday night.
Under electoral rules, the council cannot issue new polling cards "three of fewer days before polling".
(MH/CD)
The mistake has been roundly criticised with reports of a Labour TD describing it as a "major cock-up".
It is understood that the mistake has also resulted in some 28,000 people being left without a polling card, just one day before two referendums.
According to reports others who did receive their polling card were then directed to attend the wrong voting station.
The scale of the blunder, by Ireland's largest local authority, raised questions in the Dail on Wednesday night.
Under electoral rules, the council cannot issue new polling cards "three of fewer days before polling".
(MH/CD)
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