Your Vote is Your Voice
Voter Registration and Student Postal Voter Deadlines Coming Up 09 September 2025 – An Coimisiún Toghcháin, Ireland’s independent electoral commission, will be visiting college campuses around the country to encourage students to register and to make a plan to vote in this year’s Presidential election on 24 October. An Coimisiún’s National Election & Democracy Study (NEDS) … Continued
Annual Report published for year which saw over 9 million ballots cast 31 July 2025 – An Coimisiún Toghcháin has published its annual report for 2024, a year which marked the first full year of activity for Ireland’s independent electoral commission and stood out as one of the busiest electoral years ever in the State … Continued
Encouraging young voters to have their say in upcoming Presidential election CheckTheRegister at MindField this August! 11 July 2025 – An Coimisiún Toghcháin, Ireland’s independent electoral commission and Electric Picnic have today announced their partnership for this year’s festival to remind young voters to use their voice at the ballot box and to raise awareness … Continued
20 June 2025 – A Post Electoral Event Review of this year’s Seanad Elections is recommending a law change to ensure that Seanad voter registration deadlines do not close in the months before an election is declared. Current law does not allow for supplementary registers in Seanad elections, meaning there is one fixed deadline each year … Continued
29 May 2025 – A Post Electoral Event Report (PEER) of November’s General Election, while noting improvements since the first PEER conducted by An Coimisiún Toghcháin in March 2024, has pointed to continued failings around access for disabled people to voting. An Coimisiún has strongly recommended to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage that a waiver … Continued
Public Trust in Ireland’s Elections High Despite Global Challenges 19 May 2025 – An Coimisiún Toghcháin, Ireland’s independent electoral commission and the National Election and Democracy Study (NEDS) Management Board have today published results of the General Election 2024, National Election and Democracy Study. The centre-piece of An Coimisiún’s Research Programme, the NEDS study is … Continued
First Report on Ireland’s Electoral Registers Calls for Accuracy Audits, Greater Priority and Resources for this Fundamental Part of Our Democratic System. 1 May 2025 – An Coimisiún Toghcháin’s first Oversight Report on Ireland’s Electoral Registers says that it is ‘deeply concerned’ at the legacy accuracy issues on the electoral registers. The report recommends a … Continued
27 March 2025 –Election and referendum posters are currently a key feature of Ireland’s democratic landscape. Posters perform a public information and communication function in raising awareness that a vote is about to take place and provide visual clues to voters as to who they will see on the ballot paper. At the same time, however, … Continued
25 February 2025 –An Coimisiún Toghcháin, Ireland’s independent electoral commission has today published on its website, its working papers for the 2023 Constituency Review including documents, tables and maps. The 2023 Constituency Review recommended a significant increase in the number of TDs and a redrawing of many of Ireland’s Dáil constituency boundaries. Its recommendations were … Continued
10 February 2025 – Do you have a brilliant or simple idea to encourage people to become more engaged with Ireland’s democratic system? If you, or your organisation has ideas then An Coimisiún Toghcháin, Ireland’s independent electoral commission wants to hear from you. The Electoral Commission has today launched a public consultation to shape the … Continued