Electoral Act, 1992

Manner of voting.

38.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a person who is entitled to vote at a Dáil election shall be entitled to vote in person only and at the polling station allotted to him or, in case he is authorised under section 99 or 100 by a returning officer, at the polling station specified in the authorisation.

(2) Every Dáil elector whose name is, at the time of a Dáil election, in the postal voters list for a constituency shall be entitled to vote in that constituency at the poll at such election by sending his ballot paper by post to the returning officer for that constituency and shall not be entitled to vote in any other manner.

(3) Every Dáil elector whose name is, at the time of a Dáil election, in the special voters list for a constituency shall be entitled to vote in that constituency at the poll at such election in accordance with section 82 and shall not be entitled to vote in any other manner.