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2024-04-03 20:12:32 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 19E667D4EBCA0818C5242591F3188C758AD3B9408B7764239D63A77F6838A99E
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Asylum seekers and refugees have been allowed to only vote in local elections for 20 years, this is not a new development or in any way related to the upcoming local elections. https://www.thejournal.ie/ireland-asylum-seekers-refugees-vote-unhcr-article-6318608-Mar2024/ Outdated screenshot of 2004 article: "Ireland grants refugees and asylum seekers right to vote" https://www.unhcr.org/us/news/ireland-grants-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-right-vote https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/government-in-ireland/elections-and-referenda/voting/right-to-vote/
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