You could be a candidate

national | miscellaneous | news report Friday April 26, 2002 20:09 by fellow candidate

Democracy requires participation. Representative democracy requires subversive participation.

Running in the General Election is very simple.
Full details from your local authority.
Essentially you need to have the assent of 30 persons who are registered as Dáil electors in the constituency, or, a certificate of affiliation from a registered political party. You also have to supply some photos for the ballot paper. After that it’s just filling out forms and providing some ID.
There is no longer a deposit because the courts decided that was undemocratic.
The deadline is Thursday next.

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