Voters set for change as new ballot papers rolled out on Leeside

IT SEEMS change is in the air for this election — in more ways than one. Voters in the two Cork city constituencies will be presented with a new format ballot paper next Friday.

People in Cork South Central and Cork North Central will not see the usual long format ballot paper, where candidates are listed one below the other in a single column. They will instead be handed landscape format ballot papers where candidates names and photos will be laid out in rows.

A spokesperson in the office of Cork City sheriff, Martin Harvey, said the decision to change the layout was because of printing constraints.