Over 4,000 new people register to vote in upcoming election
MORE than 4,000 people are newly registered to vote ahead of the first directly elected mayoral election in Limerick.
The figures were presented by council officer Edel Cousins at this month’s metropolitan meeting.
As of the middle of this month, a total of 151,044 people were on the electoral register across Limerick.
Ms Cousins said while the register is updated daily in the run up to the election day of June 7, it’s likely to remain “in and around” this number.
According to the figures, the highest number of voters in the metropolitan area, 26,215, are located in City East, which includes the fastest-growing suburb of Castletroy.
On the northside, 26,144 people are registered to vote in June, while in City West - which includes Raheen and Dooradoyle - the number stands at 23,698.
Across the county, 28,586 people are registered to vote in the Cappamore-Kilmallock area.
There are 22,709 people registered in Newcastle West, and 23,692 in Adare-Rathkeale.
Ms Cousins confirmed the council team responsible for adding people to the register had seen “quite a big surge of applications” between January and now. She confirmed the number of people had increased by around 4,000.
People looking to get on the register in time for the local election is Monday, May 20 when the local register will close ahead of polling day.
Those people needing a postal vote have until Saturday, May 11 to get their forms in.
No late applications on this will be accepted, Ms Cousins said.
For more information on getting registered, telephone 061-556000.