{"id":255,"date":"2008-10-22T17:28:44","date_gmt":"2008-10-22T16:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dermotlacey.ie\/blog\/?p=255"},"modified":"2008-10-22T17:28:44","modified_gmt":"2008-10-22T16:28:44","slug":"register-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/dermotlacey.ie\/blog\/2008\/10\/register-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Register to Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again &#8211; the Electoral Register is being prepared.\u00a0 At Dublin City Council, we&#8217;ve come up with a poster to encourage those who may not have been born here, but still have a right to vote, to register.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-256\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dermotlacey.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/vote08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-256\" title=\"Vote 2008\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dermotlacey.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/vote08-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"DCC's Voter Registration Poster\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/dermotlacey.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/vote08-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/dermotlacey.ie\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/vote08.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DCC - register to vote<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As readers may or may not know, anyone can vote in Local Elections in Ireland, regardless of nationality.\u00a0 The only requirement is to be normally resident here.\u00a0 So, get on to <a title=\"CheckTheRegister.ie\" href=\"http:\/\/www.checktheregister.ie\" target=\"_blank\">CheckTheRegister.ie<\/a> and make sure you&#8217;re ready for June&#8217;s Local Elections.\u00a0 (Especially those of you in Pembroke-Rathmines Ward!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s that time of year again &#8211; the Electoral Register is being prepared.\u00a0 At Dublin City Council, we&#8217;ve come up with a poster to encourage those who may not have been born here, but still have a right to vote, to register. 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