Friday, October 02, 2009

Slow Start At Polls In Lisbon Treaty Referendum

More than 3m people are eligible to vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum today.

Polling stations around Ireland opened at 7am. They will close tonight at 10pm. Several polling stations in Sligo are reporting a very slow start to voting - just 14 people out of 650 had voted in one booth by 9am in Tubbercurry reports RTE News.

Turnout in Cork city is estimated at around 5% so far. In Co Kerry, the turnout in urban polling stations in Tralee and Killarney is estimated to be also at 5%.

People who have not received their polling cards are still entitled to vote once their name is on the electoral register and they have proof of identity.