Seanad Electoral Act, 1928

Preparation of electoral roll.

8.—(1) Not less than three days before the day appointed for the issue of ballot papers at a Seanad election the Clerk of the Dáil shall furnish to the Seanad returning officer a statement of the names and addresses of the members of Dáil Eireann and the Clerk of the Seanad shall furnish to the Seanad returning officer a statement of the names and addresses of the members of Seanad Eireann.

(2) The addresses of members of Dáil Eireann and of members of Seanad Eireann to be given in the said statements shall be their ordinary addresses save that if any such member gives to the Clerk of the Dáil or the Clerk of the Seanad (as the case may require) a special address for the purpose of such statement such special address shall be given in such statement in lieu of the ordinary address of such member.

(3) Upon receipt of the said statements of the names and addresses of the members of Dáil Eireann and Seanad Eireann, the Seanad returning officer shall prepare an electoral roll and shall set out thereon in alphabetical order of surnames and in cases of identity of surnames in alphabetical order of other names all the names and addresses contained in the said statements and shall number the said names consecutively on the said electoral roll.

(4) Every electoral roll prepared under this section shall be kept open to inspection without charge in the office of the Seanad returning officer by any member of Dáil Eireann or of Seanad Eireann until the close of the poll at the election to which the roll relates.

(5) Every electoral roll prepared under this section shall be final and conclusive and not open to review by any Court and the persons whose names are set out in an electoral roll and no other persons shall be entitled to vote at the election to which the roll relates.