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I previously wrote about how a handful of votes in a handful of constituencies will decide the next election. I took us on a little tour of the Irish PR system, explaining why your fourth and fifth preferences can make the difference between success or failure for a candidate. And I gave a link to a printable version of the Irish voter registration form.
I previously posted about the importance of registering to vote, with some figures intending to show that individual votes can make the difference between one government and another. As part of that, I linked to the pdf of the voter registration form. It was pointed out to me recently that this form is unprintable.
I've mentioned before that the number of seats with a winning margin of less than 500 doubled from the 1997 election to the 2002 one- from 9 to 18. Of those, in the last election, two were decided by less than 10 votes. That means that your vote, and the votes of your family and friends, may be enough to tip the election one way or another next year.
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