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Referendums - Identification documents and polling information cards



You do not need a polling information card to vote.

Please bring the necessary identification on Friday 8 March 2024.


Polling station opening hours

The referendums will take place on Friday 8 March 2024 and polling stations will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.


Polling information card

You do not need a polling information card to vote at the referendums.

However, you may be asked at the polling station to produce identification before you are given ballot papers. If you do not have appropriate identification or the presiding officer is not satisfied that you are the person to whom the identification relates you will not be permitted to vote.


Identification documents

The following documents are acceptable for identification purposes:

  • (i) a passport
  • (ii) a driving licence
  • (iii) an employee identity card containing a photograph
  • (iv) a student identity card issued by an educational institution and containing a photograph
  • (v) a travel document containing name and photograph
  • (vi) a bank or savings or credit union book containing your address in the constituency or local electoral area (where appropriate)
  • (vii) a Public Services Card

or

any of the following accompanied by a further document which establishes the address of the holder in the constituency or local electoral area (where appropriate):

  • (viii) a cheque book
  • (ix) a cheque card
  • (x) a credit card
  • (xi) a birth certificate
  • (xii) a marriage certificate.

Referendums on family and care

Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023 and Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) bill 2023.

Date: Friday 8 March 2024