Electoral Reform Act 2022

Amendment of section 14 of Act of 1992

90. (1) Section 14 of the Act of 1992 is amended in paragraph (d)—

(a) by the insertion of “or at the place where he or she is deemed to be ordinarily resident under section 11(6)” after “residence”, and

(b) by the deletion of “physical” in each place where it occurs.

(2) Section 14 of the Act of 1992 (as amended by subsection (1)) is amended—

(a) by the designation of the existing section as subsection (1),

(b) in subsection (1)—

(i) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “applications” for “claims”,

(ii) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “in the State, or,” for “in the State on the qualifying date, or”,

(iii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (d):

“(d) a person who is ordinarily resident at his or her residence or at the place where he or she is deemed to be ordinarily resident under section 11(6), and applies to be so entered in the postal voters list and satisfies the registration authority that he or she is unable to go in person to vote at the polling place for his or her polling district by reason of his or her illness or disability, or”,

and

(iv) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (d):

“(e) a person who is an anonymous elector.”,

and

(c) by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (1):

“(2) An application to be entered in the postal voters list received on a date that is on or after—

(a) the third day after the date of dissolution of the Dáil in the case of a general election,

(b) the third day after the date of the making of the order appointing polling day in the case of a Dáil bye-election, or

(c) the twenty-first day (disregarding any excluded day) before polling day in the case of a presidential, European or local election, or a referendum,

shall have no effect in relation to that election or referendum, as the case may be.

(3) Part VI of the Second Schedule shall apply to an application to be entered in the postal voters list.”.