Organisation Information
Returning Officer Contact Details
- Published on: 23 December 2020
- Last updated on: 27 November 2024
Returning officers are responsible for the running of Dáil, European Parliament and Presidential elections in a constituency, as well as referendums.
They are responsible for:
- receiving and ruling on candidate nominations
- the organisation of the poll, the printing of ballot papers and the counting of votes in each constituency
- sending a polling information card to each voter, informing the voter of their number on the register of electors and the polling station at which they may vote
- making the necessary arrangements for voting by postal and special voters.