Council begins Electoral Register campaign

Your Vote is Your VoiceKildare County Council is sending an information leaflet to every home in the county in advance of preparing the Register of Electors for 2014/2015.

The leaflet is part of a campaign 'Your Vote is Your Voice' to make people aware that they need to make sure they are correctly on the Register, which will be used in the upcoming Local Elections 2014.

The Register can be checked at the local post office, library or Garda station or online at www.checktheregister.ie. Enquiries can also be made by phoning 045-980201 or by email to register@kildarecoco.ie.

Anyone who is not registered, or whose details are incorrect can get a relevant application form from the local post office, library or Garda station. Details of any previous residents who might be no longer at anyone's address, but are still there on the Register, should be passed on to the Council. Forms, and access to 'checktheregister', are also available on the kildarecountycouncil.ie website.

This year, for the first time, social media will play a part in the information campaign. From next week the information leaflet will be published on Facebook and Twitter. Tweets and facebook messages will then be published intermittently over the coming 2/3 months with different reminders about the Register.

Information Clinics will be held in libraries throughout the county, commencing on the 3rd September next, to encourage participation in the electoral process and to assist people in registering on the Electoral Register.

Details with regard to the locations and times of the clinics will be available on the Council's website and will be published locally in advance.