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The government has agreed to a redesign in order to make the papers more user-friendly.
That’s despite a very similar ballot paper confusing voters during the Seanad referendum two years ago.
Open ballot box. Take out votes. Sort out first preferences. Repeat ad nauseum.
Phil Hogan said he’s not worried about claims senators may disrupt the government’s legislative agenda if the public votes to abolish the Seanad. Though he was speaking before last night’s defeat in the chamber.
The Sinn Féin TD was the only member of his party to vote against the bill tonight in the Dáil.
The Constitutional Convention has agreed that changes to Dáil elections might also include an entirely new electoral system.