The Electoral Reform Bill amounts to the largest overhaul of the country’s electoral system in decades. Picture: RollingNews
Around a dozen civil servants, based in a cramped office in Dublin, are responsible for overseeing the Irish electoral system. John Paul Phelan was amazed to find the number was so small when he first visited the franchise unit in the Department of Housing’s Custom House headquarters several years ago.
“They do a remarkably good job. They are very exact people,” the Fine Gael TD and former Minister of State for local government...