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==Implementation==
The [[19th Dáil]] was dissolved on 5 February 1973 and [[Irish general election, 1973|a general election]] was held on 28 February. However, the [[electoral register]] was updated only every 15 April, so those under 21 were unable to vote despite the amendment. A 20-year-old student, represented by [[Seán MacBride]], asked the [[High Court (Ireland)|High Court]] to postpone the election to vindicate his right to vote.<ref name="Ferriter2012"/> He lost his case, although he was awarded his costs due to its "public importance".<ref name="Ferriter2012">{{cite book |last=Ferriter |first=Diarmaid |title=Ambiguous Republic: Ireland in the 1970s |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=qN-jf5dN7QAC&pg=RA2-PA30 |accessdate=30 March 2014 |date=2012-11-01 |publisher=Profile Books |isbn=9781847658562 |pages=94–95}}</ref>
Although the names of under-21s had already been added to the provisional register, it was the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1973 passed on 9 April which reduced the age limits in statute law in line with the amended constitution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie/debates%20authoring/DebatesWebPack.nsf/takes/seanad1973033000011|title=Electoral (Amendment) Bill, 1973: Second Stage.|last=O'Leary|first=Michael|date=30 March 1973|work=Seanad Éireann debates|pages=Vol.74. No.6 p.11 cc.513–4|accessdate=30 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1973/en/act/pub/0003/index.html|title=Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1973|work=[[Irish Statute Book]]|accessdate=30 March 2014}}</ref> The first under-21s to vote were a few graduates in the [[National University of Ireland (constituency)|National University of Ireland]] and [[University of Dublin (constituency)|University of Dublin]] elections to the [[13th Seanad]].
==See also==
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