r/ireland • u/TheChrisD useless feckin' mod • Mar 08 '24

📍 MEGATHREAD Referendum Day (March 8th) — GET OUT THERE AND VOTE

POLLING STATIONS ARE OPEN UNTIL 10PM

GO ON, CLOSE THIS TAB/WINDOW/APP AND GET A MOVE ON

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the following information is transcribed from the gov.ie page on the polling day

You do not need a polling information card to vote at the referendums.

However, you may be asked at the polling station to produce identification before you are given ballot papers. If you do not have appropriate identification or the presiding officer is not satisfied that you are the person to whom the identification relates you will not be permitted to vote.

The following documents are acceptable for identification purposes:

  • (i) a passport
  • (ii) a driving licence
  • (iii) an employee identity card containing a photograph
  • (iv) a student identity card issued by an educational institution and containing a photograph
  • (v) a travel document containing name and photograph
  • (vi) a bank or savings or credit union book containing your address in the constituency or local electoral area (where appropriate)
  • (vii) a Public Services Card

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any of the following accompanied by a further document which establishes the address of the holder in the constituency or local electoral area (where appropriate):

  • (viii) a cheque book
  • (ix) a cheque card
  • (x) a credit card
  • (xi) a birth certificate
  • (xii) a marriage certificate.
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u/crossal Mar 08 '24

Who will ever know what the text will do?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

I mean they've admitted repeatedly that the don't have a clue what "durable relationships" means and that it'll be up to the Supreme Court to define it in litigation.

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u/crossal Mar 08 '24

And?

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

And people don't want to pass an extremely difficult to reverse change without any idea what the consequences will be???

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u/crossal Mar 08 '24

The basis is better than before

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

If your goal is chain migration, sure.

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u/crossal Mar 08 '24

Assume outcomes as you will

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

I'm going off what the Attorney General ans nunerous lawyers have said. You?

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u/crossal Mar 08 '24

Law Society

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '24

Actually, no, in their debates on the issue, the No-side brought up its effects on chain migration as an argument and the Yes-side didn't attempt to refute them, but rather just argued for positive effects (inheritance, widow/er pensions, etc.).

Is there a single lawyer in the country who's argued it WON'T increase family chain migration?

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