ballotbox.ie

ballotbox.ie is a site where irish emigrants who are not allowed to vote in the forthcoming general election can cast a symbolic ballot. there are three million irish passport holders living abroad at present, many of them forced out of the country by economic necessity. yet despite huge interest in the election among irish in the uk, usa, australia, canada and elsewhere, irish law prevents them from voting. ireland is one of the few eu countries where this is the case. the aim of the site is to highlight this issue, and to allow any irish people living abroad to have their say in the election. it may not be a real vote, but it’s the next best thing.