A bluffer’s guide to the voting system

WHEN you go to the polls today you are sending your vote on a long and winding journey and its destination largely depends on your fellow electors.

Ireland’s voting system means you get one vote, but that vote can be passed down the line to count for different candidates according to your preference. Although you only get one vote, you are in effect helping to elect three, four or five deputies per constituency.

Confused? You might well be.