9th December 2020
Due to a significant issue with the packing of votes for members in INTO Districts 1 and 2, many School Representatives in recent days reported large discrepancies between numbers of ballot papers received and number of members in their schools. Due to time constraints and with Christmas posting delays, it has now been decided to disregard all paper ballots and to conduct this election on an online site. This has been approved by INTO’s Independent Scrutineer Eugene McMahon, Chartered Accountant.
Members will receive tomorrow (Thursday 10 December) an email issued via the online poll company CIVICA, providing access to an online ballot paper. All votes on the online system must be cast by 5pm on Sunday 13 December. Please note that paper votes returned from Districts 1 and 2 will be disregarded; only online votes will be valid for the count on Monday next. No further paper votes should be returned. Where members have already voted in paper form, you should vote again on the online system as your paper vote will not be counted.
The INTO regrets this change and any confusion it may cause; the problem arose due to an error outside of our control at an external service provider.
Members are encouraged to review the INTO Election Special which includes information on the two candidates in the election.
Online Poll Procedure
Ballots will be emailed to all INTO members in the North at 12 noon on Thursday 10 December 2020.
If you haven’t received your ballot by 2pm on Thursday please email ballotsni@into.ie, with your name and TR number to request a ballot. All requests must be received by INTO before 3pm on Friday 11 December 2020 to enable requests to be checked and new ballots to be issued if required.