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<2018 Irish Presidential election

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 * Constitution of Ireland Article 12 section 2°:
 * Every candidate for election, not a former or retiring President, must be nominated either by:
 * i not less than twenty persons, each of whom is at the time a member of one of the Houses of the Oireachtas, or
 * ii by the Councils of not less than four administrative Counties (including County Boroughs) as defined by law.

14.—(1) A candidate at a presidential election shall be nominated in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
 * Presidential Elections Act 1993 Part II:
 * (2) A nomination shall be effected by means of a nomination paper or nomination papers in such one of the prescribed forms as may be appropriate.
 * (4) A nomination paper purporting to nominate a person to be a candidate at an election shall be delivered by the person or one or more of the persons making the nomination to the presidential returning officer not earlier than 10 a.m. on the second day (excluding any excluded day) next following the date of the presidential election order and not later than 12 noon on the last day for receiving nominations.

16.—(1). A council of a county or a corporation of a county borough may, by resolution (of the intention to propose which not less than 3 clear days' notice has been given in writing to every person who, at the time when such notice is given, is a member of the council or the corporation, as appropriate) resolve to nominate one named person to be a candidate at a presidential election.
 * (2) A resolution under this section shall not be passed before the date of the making of the presidential election order in respect of the presidential election to which the resolution relates and, subject to sections 30 and 31, such a resolution shall not be rescinded.
 * (3) A resolution passed under this section shall be given effect to by means of a nomination paper in the form prescribed for this purpose sealed with the seal of the council or corporation concerned.
 * (4) A nomination paper referred to in this section shall state the names (the surname being stated first), address and occupation (if any) of the person thereby nominated to be a candidate and shall also state all such matters as are required by the nomination paper to be stated therein.
 * (5) A nomination paper referred to in this section which is delivered to the presidential returning officer in accordance with section 14 and which is regular and valid on its face shall (unless the contrary is shown) be conclusive evidence that the resolution mentioned therein was duly proposed and passed in accordance with this section on the date stated in that behalf in the nomination paper at a meeting properly convened and held of the council or corporation whose seal is affixed to the nomination paper.
 * (6) The presidential returning officer shall furnish free of charge a nomination paper or papers to any council of a county or corporation of a county borough applying therefor.
 * (7) Without prejudice to sections 30 and 31, where, in accordance with section 14, the presidential returning officer receives from the council of the same county or the corporation of the same county borough 2 or more nomination papers which are regular and valid on their face and which purport to nominate different persons to be candidates at the said election, the following provisions shall have effect:
 * (a) any 2 or more of such nomination papers which purport to give effect to resolutions passed on the same day shall be invalid, and all (if any) of such nomination papers which purport to give effect to a resolution passed on a subsequent day shall also be invalid,
 * (b) subject and without prejudice to paragraph (a), that one (if any) of such nomination papers which purports to give effect to a resolution passed on a day earlier than that on which any of the resolutions to which the others of such nomination papers purport to give effect was passed, shall alone be regarded and the others of such nomination papers shall be invalid.
 * (8) Four valid nomination papers each nominating the same person to be a candidate in pursuance of a resolution passed in accordance with this section by the council of a different county or the corporation of a different county borough shall be necessary to constitute a nomination of the person by councils of counties or corporations of county boroughs.
 * (9) The exercise of the powers conferred by this section shall be, in the case of the council of a county, a reserved function for the purposes of the County Management Acts, 1940 to 1991, and, in the case of the corporation of a county borough, a reserved function for the purposes of the Acts relating to the management of the county borough.

18.—(1) The presidential returning officer shall number consecutively in the order in which they are received all nomination papers (whether or not they appear to be regular and valid on their face) purporting to nominate in accordance with this Act a person to be a candidate at the election which are delivered in accordance with section 14 and, for that purpose, shall, immediately after receiving any such nomination paper, endorse thereon the said consecutive number thereof.
 * (2) The numbers endorsed on nomination papers by the presidential returning officer in pursuance of this section shall (unless the contrary is shown) be conclusive evidence of the order in which such papers were received.

19.—(1) Whenever the presidential returning officer receives in accordance with section 14 a nomination paper purporting to nominate a person to be a candidate at an election, the officer shall—
 * (a) forthwith give by post or otherwise to the person named in the nomination paper as a candidate at the election notice in writing stating that the presidential returning officer has received the nomination paper and that the person is purported to be nominated as aforesaid (as the case may be) by a named council of a county or corporation of a county borough or by members (who need not be named) of the Oireachtas or by a former or the retiring President, and
 * (b) give public notice of the receipt of the nomination paper.
 * (2) The omission of the presidential returning officer to give or the failure of the person named as aforesaid to receive the notice referred to in subsection (1) shall not relieve the latter person from the obligation imposed on the person by this Act to attend at the ruling on nominations.


 * S.I. No. 329 of 2018 : Presidential Elections (Forms) (Amendment) Regulations 2018, Part II, Form No 1:
 * (Section 16 of the Presidential Elections Act 1993)
 * No. ..........
 * (To be inserted by Presidential Returning Officer)
 * FORM OF NOMINATION PAPER FOR NOMINATIONS BY COUNTY COUNCILS, CITY COUNCILS AND CITY AND COUNTY COUNCILS
 * PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
 * ..................................................................................................................* *Insert month and year of the poll/election


 * 1. The Council of the County (City) (City and County Council) of ......................... in pursuance of a resolution passed on the .......... day of .................... hereby nominate the person named under to be a candidate at the above-mentioned election to the office of President.
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 * colspan=4 align=center|Please use BLOCK LETTERS
 * rowspan=2 valign=top| Surname of Candidate ||rowspan=2 valign=top| Other Names ||colspan=2 valign=top align=center| Description
 * valign=top| Address ||valign=top| Occupation (if any)
 * }
 * valign=top| Address ||valign=top| Occupation (if any)
 * }
 * }


 * 2. The Council of the County (City) (City and County Council) of ......................... declare that—
 * (a) the person hereby proposed to be nominated to be a candidate is eligible for election to the office of President, and
 * (b) the person has consented to the proposed nomination.




 * align=right|Sealed with the Common Seal of the Council of the County (City) (City and County Council) of
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 * align=right|in the presence of
 * align=right|................................................................................................
 * align=right|(Member or official of local authority).
 * align=right|Signed: .......................................................................
 * align=right|Authorised Officer
 * align=right|Date: ...................................................................
 * }
 * align=right|(Member or official of local authority).
 * align=right|Signed: .......................................................................
 * align=right|Authorised Officer
 * align=right|Date: ...................................................................
 * }
 * align=right|Date: ...................................................................
 * }
 * }

Meetings
citizensinformation : Local authority meetings

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 2001 REVISED to 30 July 2018
 * Part VI Meetings and Proceedings of Local Authorities
 * SCHEDULE 10 Meetings and Proceedings of Local Authorities
 * SCHEDULE 14A PART 3 Reserved Functions to be Performed by the Local Authority
 * No.44 Nominating a person to be a candidate at a presidential election.

S.I. No. 66/2002 - Local Government Act, 2001 (Meetings) Regulations, 2002

Table

 * Notes:

zzz to add:
 * "William Delaney 1957-1970" (Seamas Nolan; spoke in Kilkenny 31 Aug, and Kerry 3 Sep ) Mannix Flynn said disrespectful and considered running himself in protest. Proposed by SF and seconded by ind in Kerry 17 Sep; 4 votes
 * Patrick Melly (DNS Kilkenny 10 Sep)
 * "candidate X" [anonymous] wrote to Carlow and Clare: who "would travel to Downing Street to demand the return of the six counties of Northern Ireland and change the title of president to King of Ireland".
 * Charles Mc Manus, a GP from Drumshanbo based in Dunkineely, wrote to Longford and Leitrim councils.
 * Norma Burke aka "Bunty Twuntingdon-McFluff", a Near fm 90.3 broadcaster, addressed Dublin City Council in a satirical speech condemned by some councillors as insulting. Burke said her performance was intended to highlight the plethora of ill-informed unqualified self-publicists among the candidates. "She says she broke no rules. She applied to speak, sent her request by email and was asked to present herself to be nominated." She interrupted the South Dublin meeting on 20 Sep from the public gallery.
 * John O'Hare entered the race Sep 13, addressed Waterford Sep 14 and South Dublin Sep 20.