Last elections saw more spoiled votes than capacity of Croke Park – regulator

An Coimisiún Toghcháin chair Ms Justice Marie Baker and chief executive Art O’Leary at Croke Park (Cate McCurry/PA)

Ireland’s electoral commission is attempting to drive down the number of spoiled votes, after 108,488 votes were deemed invalid in the last local and European elections – more than enough voters to fill Croke Park stadium.

An Coimisiún Toghcháin chair Ms Justice Marie Baker said that while some will be protest votes, many of the spoiled ballot papers have been wrongly filled in.