Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1985
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Amendment of sections 3 and 29 of Presidential Elections Act, 1937. |
6.—The Presidential Elections Act, 1937 , is hereby amended by— | |
(a) the substitution in the definition of “register of electors” in section 3 of “presidential” for “Dáil”; and | ||
(b) the substitution, in both places where it occurs, of “presidential elector” for “person” in subsections (2) and (3) (both inserted by section 50 of the Act of 1963) of section 29, | ||
and the said definition and the said subsections (2) and (3), as amended by this section, are set out in paragraphs 1 and 2, respectively, of the Table to this section. | ||
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the expression “register of electors” means a register of the persons entitled to vote at a presidential election; | ||
2. (2) Every local returning officer shall, as soon as practicable after he receives from the presidential returning officer notice of the adjournment of a presidential election for the purpose of taking a poll, send to every presidential elector whose name is on the postal voters list for his constituency a ballot paper and a form of receipt (which shall be in the prescribed form) for such ballot paper. | ||
(3) If such ballot paper duly marked by the said presidential elector and accompanied by the said receipt duly signed by him is received by the returning officer before the close of the poll, it shall be counted by him and treated for all purposes in the same manner as a ballot paper placed in the ballot box in the ordinary way. |