Elections (cork)

There are a few types of elections in Cork, this page is to document each one, how it works and what its for and who can vote.

Local Council Elections

Local Council Elections or just Council Elections are elections that take place in a city/town/village where they elect a councillor to represent that city/town/village. This is voted on by the general public and councillors can enact control over their jurisdiction.

How these elections work are by majority vote wins. So at the end of an election votes are counted and whoever has the most will win the election and serve 2 weeks as councillor. Councillors can and are recommended to be in a political party however can run independent.

One such example could be the Councillor of Danstown on Rathlin island, who is voted on by the islands population.

County Elections

County Elections are elections that are there to elect a County Governor, a County Governor being the head of a county. This is voted on by councillors within that county.

It works with majority vote wins, same way with the local councillor elections. County Governors are recommended to be apart of a political party however can run independent.

County Representative Elections

Parliament Elections are to elect local county members to parliament, of which these representatives vote on laws and changes within parliament. Representatives are allowed to be in political parties or run as independent.

How county representative elections work is candidates are voted on by the counties public population (not the county government), there is no limit on how many people can run to be a representative however only 3 representatives are allowed too be elected. Representatives are also allowed too be members of political parties but can also run as independent.

They are voted by majority count, meaning whoever is in the top 3 votes wins and become representatives.

Prime Minister Elections

The prime minister elections have two votes, the general vote which is done by the general public to get the popular vote, and the parliamentary vote, which is done by members of parliament.

The General Vote

The General Vote does not decide who will be prime minister, it is there to decide who was the more popular candidate.

The Parliamentary Vote

The Parliamentary Vote is done by members of parliament, this decides the prime minister. So how do people vote for the prime minister they want? Well they vote for parliament members of specific political parties that they know will vote for their candidate.