Voting
# voting - Thursday 16 May, 2013
# voting - Monday 13 May, 2013
Pics: Filipino voters hit the polls in vital elections of over 18,000 politicians
The country’s president is hoping to secure a majority in both houses of parliament so he can push through reforms in the country’s corruption-ridden system.
# voting - Sunday 12 May, 2013
Column: Are political families healthy for democracy?
Name recognition surely benefits politically candidacy both here and abroad, but it shouldn’t just be the Kennys, McEntees or the Clintons that are getting involved in the politics of shaping nations – we all should be, writes Larry Donnelly.
# voting - Saturday 27 April, 2013
Column: Why are people disengaging with politics in Northern Ireland?
Following the signing of the Good Friday Agreement, more than 70 per cent of people turned out to elect the first assembly. Fast forward 15 years and the people seem disenchanted, but why, asks David McCann.
# voting - Friday 19 April, 2013
Column: To bring about any change, we must redefine what we expect from our politicians
If we want to reclaim the current political landscape we need to re-establish the ground rules for office holders and ensure their words turn into actions, writes Martin Critten.
# voting - Thursday 28 March, 2013
FG’s Helen McEntee retains father’s seat in Meath East by-election
McEntee, 26, sees off the challenge of FF’s Thomas Byrne – while Labour licks its wounds after dropping down to fifth place.
# voting - Wednesday 27 March, 2013
Turnout of just over 30 per cent as polls close in Meath East by-election
Overall turnout in the by-election is expected to be in the low 30s as voters decided who they wanted to replace the late Shane McEntee in the Dáil.
Polling begins in the Meath East by-election
There are 11 candidates in the running for the Meath East seat following the death of Shane McEntee TD.
# voting - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
Nun charged after voting for her deceased friend
The nun said she was trying to fulfil her late friend’s wishes in the US election.
# voting - Monday 18 February, 2013
75 finalists compete to have drawing displayed on Google homepage
The public vote is now open to choose a winner from doodles by school students around the country.
# voting - Sunday 17 February, 2013
Cyprus holds presidential election following heated campaign
The campaign was focused on rescuing the recession-hit EU member state from bankruptcy.
# voting - Saturday 9 February, 2013
Poll: Do you think Fianna Fáil will return to government in the next election?
A new opinion poll shows the party are back on top, but will they move across the Dáil chamber the next general election?
# voting - Wednesday 30 January, 2013
Australia PM surprises with September polls announcement
The Labor party leader said the move would give “shape and order” to the year.
# voting - Sunday 30 December, 2012
Pics, video: Suffragette movement 100 years ago
In 1912, the suffragettes were engaged in an increasingly confrontational campaign to secure voting rights for women which included bomb attacks and hunger strikes.
# voting - Monday 24 December, 2012
Egypt awaits referendum results as opposition cries fraud
Opponents to the new constitution have said it will weaken human rights, particularly women’s rights and undermine the independence of the judiciary.
# voting - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
Referendum website’s ‘Like’ button illustrated bias for Yes vote
The Supreme Court delivers its full ruling into why the Government’s website for the Children’s Referendum was not impartial.
# voting - Monday 12 November, 2012
‘Day of the week didn’t cause low turnout,’ insists TD who backs weekend voting
Alan Farrell hopes to introduce legislation that would see all elections and referenda held on weekends or rest days and insists he has not been deterred by Saturday’s low turnout.
Poll: Do you think Saturday voting is a good idea?
Which do you think is better…midweek or weekend?
# voting - Sunday 11 November, 2012
So who did turn out to vote?
The turnout to vote was low all around the country – but the highest and lowest turnout coincided with constituencies at either end of the Yes and No vote…
Constituency-by-constituency: How you voted
Which electoral area had the highest proportion of ‘Yes’ votes? Which one had the highest percentage of ‘No’ ballots? And into which top 10 does the Taoiseach’s home constituency fall?
So the Children’s Referendum has passed – what happens next?
The Yes vote has been passed, but issues could remain around turnout, Saturday voting, and whether the result will be challenged.
Gilmore: Children’s Referendum “never really took fire”
Meanwhile, Children’s Minister Frances Fitzgerald defended her role in leading the referendum campaign.
# voting - Saturday 10 November, 2012
Aaron McKenna: We need a robust civics education if we want informed citizens
CSPE should educate on how the economy, government and tax fits together, rather than just how proportional representation works, writes Aaron McKenna.
Your Children’s Referendum voting checklist
Do you need ID to vote? Are you registered to vote? The answers to these, and more.
# voting - Friday 9 November, 2012
Children’s Referendum website now completely offline
The site had been taken down following a Supreme Court ruling yesterday morning, but then put back online with most of its content removed.
# voting - Thursday 8 November, 2012
Children’s Referendum website corrected after omitting part of amendment
The government’s scaled-down version of ChildrensReferendum.ie needed amending this evening after it omitted part of the referendum being held on Saturday.
Minister: Government acted “in good faith” on referendum information
Children’s minister Frances Fitzgerald says the Office of the Attorney General gave legal advice on the website and booklet.
Column: ‘Politics across the Atlantic should make us consider our own system’
The Irish and US political systems are different – but both have their good points, writes Professor Maura Adshead.
Supreme Court says Government’s Referendum site ‘not fair, equal or impartial’
The Supreme Court says the government’s literature is not impartial, and therefore an inappropriate use of public money.
Children vote on… children’s referendum (They went for ‘Yes’)
Five youth organisations give test poll to those not entitled to vote – but whose lives are most likely to be affected by the outcome.
# voting - Tuesday 6 November, 2012
‘Recalibration issues’ to blame for alleged e-voting fraud
An online video shows an e-voting machine in Pennsylvania apparently switching a vote for Barack Obama into one for Mitt Romney.
9 things to do while Americans cast their votes
Excited for the count but bored of the wait? Read on…
PICS: Queues as people line up to cast their votes in US election
Some voters complained of queues and delays after polls opened at 6AM, while others expressed relief at being able to vote in storm-ravaged areas.
# voting - Sunday 4 November, 2012
Children’s Referendum: Varadkar hits out at the No side
The Minister has strongly criticised what he labelled “the constant misinformation” being propagated by the No side.
Obama v Romney: Who’s better at holding babies?
It’s time to get down to what really matters in this election.
# voting - Tuesday 30 October, 2012
Poll: Will you vote in the children’s referendum?
Concerns have been raised about turnout in the 10 November referendum. Will you be casting your vote?
# voting - Thursday 25 October, 2012
Column: Europeans saying Obama has to win? It makes me want to scream
It makes little difference to us who sits in the Oval Office – and we shouldn’t kid ourselves otherwise, says David Cronin.
# voting - Monday 22 October, 2012
Poll shows that, given the chance, Ireland would reelect Barack Obama
The Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI poll showed that 79 per cent of the 1,000 people surveyed said that they would vote for Obama.
# voting - Friday 5 October, 2012
Why is Snoop Dogg voting for Obama and not Romney?
It has to do with dancing horses, basketball and Beyonce.
# voting - Monday 9 July, 2012
Column: Ireland needs a new political party and here’s how we do it
Ireland has reached a point where the current political establishment is not serving the interests of the people, argues Martin Critten who intends to form a new party with a Citizens’ Charter.
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