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6/13/08

RTÉ News: Irish Referendum vote count under way

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Irish Referendum vote count under way

Counting of the votes cast yesterday on the Lisbon Treaty Referendum began at 9am this morning, with early indications of trends expected by mid-morning.The final official result is expected to be announced late this afternoon, but tallies from the 43 constituencies should give a good indication of the likely outcome late this morning. Each constituency counts its own votes separately, and then sends the result to the Referendum Returning Officer in Dublin Castle, who will announce the overall result. Turnout is thought to have been higher than in the first Nice Referendum, which was defeated, but lower than in the second, which was passed. However, with recent opinion polls suggesting that supporters of the treaty were more likely to vote, a lower turnout is not necessarily good news for the No side.

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