Around a quarter of voters cast a ballot in Dublin city but elsewhere in the capital turnout was as low as 16 per cent as of Friday afternoon
President Michael D. Higgins, walking with the help of an aide and a stick, has made his first public appearance, voting in Dublin, since a stay in hospital.Almost 86,000 people have been added to the register since the start of the year, meaning some 3.5 million people were eligible to vote in today’s referendum.
The “family” referendum proposes to amend article 41.1 of the Constitution to expand State recognition of the family as founded not only on marriage but also on “other durable relationships”. In the last general election turnout there at the same time was 43.5 percent; it was 27.2 per cent in the 2019 European Elections and 34 per cent for the referendum n repealing the 8thAmendmnet in 2018.
In Wexford turnout ranged from 19.4 per cent in New Ross to 22.4 per cent in Gorey and 23.2 per cent in Ballyfad.The “family” referendum proposes to amend article 41.1 of the Constitution to expand State recognition of the family as founded not only on marriage but also on “other durable relationships”.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar earlier cast his vote at Scoil Treasa Naofa on Donore Avenue in Dublin, while Tánaiste Micheál Martin voted at St Anthony’s Boys National School in Co Cork.
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