Seeing other Europeans post about how easy it is to vote in their countries.
Meanwhile in Ireland:
- people outside Dublin have only been able to register/update details online in the last 3 years
- postal voting is extremely restricted and has to be renewed every year (you aren't told this)
- there is no same day voter registration, in fact there's a 15 day cutoff
#Politics #Voting
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