Editing Early voting (section)

===Ireland ===
{{See also|Elections in the Republic of Ireland}}
In the [[Republic of Ireland]], it is traditional for voters on the remote coastal islands to vote on the day prior to the official date of the election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Island voting in Election 2016 commences one day early|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/island-voting-in-election-2016-commences-one-day-early-1.2548412|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=February 25, 2016 |access-date=November 3, 2016}}</ref> This aims to avoid the possibility that bad weather might impede the delivery of ballot boxes to the count center on the mainland. However, the practice is not universally popular.<ref>{{cite news|title='Down with this sort of thing', say islanders forced to vote day early|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/election-2016/down-with-this-sort-of-thing-say-islanders-forced-to-vote-day-early-34487614.html|access-date=November 3, 2016|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=February 26, 2016}}</ref>