Can EU citizens vote on the Lisbon Treaty Referendum?

[QuestionsQuigley]

Nope.

OK, that is what I was looking for. Another poster said they could, so I wasn't sure.

How do they differentiate between EU citizens and Irish citizens on the Electoral Register? Are you asked to define your citizenship when you go on the Electoral Register first. It be must be very tempting for the "Yes" side to send polling cards out to EU citizens in a close race! There won't be the same checks as in a General Election.

Are you familiar with the electoral register? Do you know who sends out polling cards?

Yes, the various county councils thrughout the country! The very same ones who seem to be on the ball very quickly tearing down illegal "No Posters". I'm not saying they shouldn't tear them down, but they seem too dutiful(almost like it is co-ordinated)

[myksav]

Haven't looked at an electoral register for a few years, but it used to have before people's names:
L (vote in local elections only, i.e. from outside EU)
E (vote in local and European elections only, i.e. EU citizen but not Irish citizen)
D (vote in local, Dáil and European elections only, i.e. British citizen)
and if there was nothing before your name you could vote in local, Dáil and European elections and referenda, i.e. Irish citizen)

The local authority sends you your polling card and presumably their computer doesn't print out one for people who are L, E or D. Neither the "Yes" side nor the "No" side sends you a polling card, though they might send you their leaflets anyway. What will count when you get to the polling station is what's on the register, not what you've received through the post. E.g. if you're on the register and have a right to vote (i.e. you are an Irish citizen over 18 and haven't voted already) it doesn't matter if your polling card went astray; whether you have a polling card or not they can ask for your identity.

When you first go on the electoral register (and for renewal) you are asked for your citizenship.

Earnest,
You are correct there. I checked the register. The letter codes are still there.

mike

[Helium Three]

1 per cent of EU citizens can vote in a referendum on the Lisbon treaty.

The others have to do what they are told by their leaders.

One Big Union, many small silenced voices.