Billy Kelleher: Political system has 'vested interest' in low voter turn out

Fianna Fáil TD and aspiring MEP, Billy Kelleher has called for an ongoing Electoral Commission that would continuously monitor the system.

Billy Kelleher: Political system has 'vested interest' in low voter turn out

Fianna Fáil TD and aspiring MEP, Billy Kelleher has called for an ongoing Electoral Commission that would continuously monitor the system.

He said that the low turn out in some areas meant that local authorities are not representative of the people “they are supposed to represent,” he told RTE radio’s Today with Sean O’Rourke show.

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