Elections Act, 1960
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Taking of polls by same persons, etc. |
9.—Where a poll is taken at any of the local elections in a particular electoral area and a poll is also taken at the Dáil election, the following provisions shall have effect in relation to the first-mentioned poll and the poll at the Dáil election as taken in that electoral area: | |
(a) they shall be taken by the same persons and in the same manner; | ||
(b) they shall commence at the hour of 9 o'clock a.m. and shall be kept open continuously until the hour of 9 o'clock p.m. and no longer, unless the Minister has directed under section 41 of the Electoral Act, 1923 , as amended by section 2 of the Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1946 , that the poll at the Dáil election shall be kept open until the hour of 9.30 o'clock p.m., and in that case they shall be kept open continuously until the hour of 9.30 o'clock p.m.; | ||
(c) the same official mark shall be used for all ballot papers; | ||
(d) a voter shall be handed his ballot papers at the same time; | ||
(e) if separate ballot boxes are provided, the fact that a ballot paper has not been put into the appropriate ballot box shall not invalidate the ballot paper. |