S.I. No. 16/2002 - Ballot Paper (Photographs and Emblems) Regulations, 2002

1. To record your first preference, press the space to the right of the candidate's photograph of your first choice and for your second and subsequent preferences press the space to the right of each candidate's photograph.

2. To change a preference, press the space to the right of the candidate's photograph a second time. This will delete that preference and subsequent preferences.

3. To vote, press the “CAST VOTE(S)” button when you have recorded your preference or preferences on the ballot paper or papers.

DOYLE — LIBERAL SOCIALISTS

(MARY DOYLE, of 10 High Street, Knockmore; Nurse.)

LYNCH — URBAN PARTY

(JANE ELLEN LYNCH, of 12 Main Street, Ardstown, Shopkeeper.)

MURPHY

(PATRICK MURPHY, of 12 Main Street, Ballyduff, Carpenter.)

Ó BRIAIN — CUMANN NA SAORANACH

(SÉMUS Ó BRIAIN, as 10 An tSráid Ard, Carn Mór, Oide Scoile.)

O'BRIEN — NON-PARTY

(EAMON O'BRIEN, OF 22 Wellclose Place, Knockbeg, Barrister.)

O'CONNOR — NATIONAL LEAGUE

(CAROLINE O'CONNOR, of 7 Green Street, Carnmore, Engineer.)

THOMPSON — RURAL PARTY

(WILLIAM H. THOMPSON, of Dereen, Ballyglass, Farmer.)

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government this 24 day of January, 2002.

NOEL DEMPSEY

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Minister for the Environment and Local Government.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These regulations prescribe the requirements for the provision of photographs to returning officers by candidates at a Dáil election and for the provision of emblems by political parties to the Registrar of Political Parties for their registration in the Register of Political Parties. The regulations amend the form of the ballot paper specified in the Fourth Schedule of the

Electoral Act, 1992

to provide for the inclusion of photographs and emblems for manual and electronic voting.

4. The photograph must have been taken not more than twelve months prior to the date of the election.

5. The back of the photograph must be white and unglazed.

6. Each copy of the photograph must have the candidate's name clearly printed on the back.

Part 2

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

sections 3

and

88

of the

Electoral Act, 1992

(No. 23 of 1992), as amended by

section 21

of the

Electoral (Amendment) Act, 2001

(No. 38 of 2001) hereby makes the following regulations:-

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