Sir, – I will not be voting on Friday. This is not because I am indifferent or apathetic, although that is undoubtedly how I will be classified. I have always taken my right to vote seriously and used it. The reason I will not be voting is because I will be on holiday. I am going with a British friend who has already voted. That is because she can easily get a postal vote and I cannot.
Why? Do the powers that be not trust Irish voters? I have raised this issue with canvassers and they tell me that they have encountered problems even trying to get a postal vote for people who are severely handicapped and that students away from home are deterred from voting by the difficulty of travel.
I have seen no mention of postal voting among the suggestions for reform that are being proposed. Why not? – Yours, etc,
ELMA COLLINS,
Cabra Road,
Dublin 7.