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Referendum on the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1968 – Voting System

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (Ireland), referendum.ie · 1968

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EstablishedArticle 16 of Ireland's Constitution requires Dáil members to be elected by proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote, with at least three members per constituency. Referendums in 1959 and 1968 to replace it with single-member voting were rejected.