Readers Blog: Government must tackle electoral register

The president of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, claims “Turkey has given a lesson in democracy to the entire world,” pointing to an 88% election turnout.

Now what would an 88% turnout look like for Ireland? There would be by-location at a rate that would put St Martin de Porres in the shade, with the dead rising also to cast votes given that the electoral register is full of double/non-residents entries and those already buried in our cemeteries still receiving polling cards.