Electoral Reform Bill 2022

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• Creates Electoral Commission to manage voter registration, oversee elections, review constituencies, and regulate online political advertising during campaigns.
• Modernizes voter registration through continuous individual application, data sharing between authorities, pending lists for 16-17 year-olds, and anonymous registration in limited cases.
• Amends Electoral Act 1997 to increase political party donation transparency, requires consolidated annual accounts, permits fundraising lotteries, and enables pandemic/island polling.

Stage timeline

1. First Stage 33rd Dáil

   30 Mar 2022
2. Second Stage 33rd Dáil

   30 Mar 2022
3. Committee Stage 33rd Dáil

   7 Apr 2022
4. Report Stage 33rd Dáil

   15 Jun 2022
5. Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil

   15 Jun 2022
6. Second Stage 26th Seanad

   15 Jun 2022
7. Committee Stage 26th Seanad

   21 Jun 2022
8. Report Stage 26th Seanad

   6 Jul 2022
9. Fifth Stage 26th Seanad

   7 Jul 2022
10. Cream List 33rd Dáil

    13 Jul 2022
11. Enacted

    25 Jul 2022