Online political ads crackdown and more postal voting planned in new electoral reform bill

The new electoral reform bill will allow for greater access to postal voting, as well as revamp registration. File Picture.

A new bill would allow for polling to be held over two days if the State holds an election during Covid-19.

The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, and the Minister of State with Responsibility for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, published the General Scheme of the Electoral Reform Bill today.