Irish passport holders living in Northern Ireland could be allowed to vote down south within ‘five or six’ years, a leading journalist has claimed.
John Laverty said it is an “anomaly” in the Republic that citizens living outside the jurisdiction are unable to vote in elections.Mr Laverty said over 500,000 Irish passport holders are living in Northern Ireland who cannot vote in the country they are citizens of.“If you go back ten years ago when Martin McGuiness was one of the candidates, he was the only one who couldn’t vote for himself in the election because he was from Derry, across the border.
“If I’m living in Strabane and want to nip across the Foyle River to Lifford to vote as an Irish citizen, I’m not allowed to,” he said.“Ireland is one of the few countries in Europe which denies its passport holders the ability to vote from abroad.” Mr Laverty said Ireland is “moving in the direction” of allowing voting from outside the jurisdiction.
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