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2024-12-01 17:14:08 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 68FEB442D11AAC4A924CFF1125D1D053F459808AF34AE3A5AA2C4FC01E0DE27A
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Ireland's voting require IDs: it is up to the Presiding Officer at the polling station to ask to anyone they have concerns on. https://www.electoralcommission.ie/who-does-what-in-a-polling-station/ Unsustained stories of "double votes" are a common conspiracy at every election, nowadays on Twitter. https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-conspiracy-theories-misinformation-trump-musk-0e5a84b1d9e6cd63cd8ca22ee9900387 No such thing was registered in Ireland. https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/01/vote-counting-ongoing-in-irelands-general-elections-with-first-36-dail-seats-announced
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