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It is important also to note that anyone who is on the electoral register is entitled to vote, even if they have not yet received a polling card.
On May 25, Irish people cast their votes to decide whether the country's 8th amendment-which now makes abortion illegal in nearly all circumstances-should be repealed.
Halappanavar requested medical intervention to help terminate the pregnancy, but was denied because Ireland is "a Catholic Country".
The country is being asked to make a "once-in-a-generation" decision as senior political figures have categorically ruled out a rerun if the proposal to allow the Oireachtas legislate for abortion is rejected.
The Catholic Church in Ireland has encouraged its followers to vote "no" to abortion, but critics here say its moral authority has weakened after a series of child abuse scandals. "I feel like I've waited all of my adult life to have a say on this". These will inform voters as to which polling station they are to cast their ballot. The Irish government has proposed that if the eighth amendment is repealed, abortion will be allowed up to 12 weeks and between 12 and 24 weeks in exceptional circumstances.
Irish law now recognises equal rights to life for a mother and for an unborn child, making abortion illegal except in cases where the woman's life is at risk.
"Yes" campaigners like Coveney have argued that with over 3,000 women travelling to Britain each year for terminations and others ordering pills illegally online, abortion is already a reality in Ireland.
But Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said they are "taking absolutely nothing for granted". "I hope Ireland will not make the same mistake today", John McGuirk, a prominent Irish abortion rights opponent, said.
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In the region of 120,000 people have added their name to the supplementary voting register in recent weeks and thousands have travelled home from overseas to cast their votes.
Several activists held a large "Welcome Home" banner, while others held a placard reading "Thank you for making the journey so other women don't have to" - a reference to the way Irish women seeking abortions have had to leave the country to obtain them.
The law has been in force since 1983 when a referendum approved outlawing abortion and has prevented women from exercising their reproductive rights. "I'm very emotional about this", she said, outside a polling station opposite Dublin's cathedral. I'm not crying, you're crying.
In the lead-up to Friday's referendum on abortion, an Irish pro-life group erected an enormous "NO" sign in the Dublin Mountains Tuesday and stationed a bull in the same field to guard the sign from saboteurs. Numerous anti-abortion signs showed photographs of fetuses.
The hundreds of notes showed overwhelming support for repeal - but foreign visitors can't vote, so the display does not offer much guidance on what the actual results will be.
Ireland is not allowing citizens to enter a postal vote in the referendum, which means many people living overseas are unable to take part in the historical decision.
Nulty explained that once we deprive the unborn of the right to life, "we can no longer defend ourselves from what flows from an abortion culture", which "fundamentally alters our attitude towards disability". "I do not believe the smart people of Ireland want this unrestricted, abortion-on-demand bill. I will be voting no".
"More and more people are realising that this government has planned to introduce an extreme abortion law, the only way to stop this is to vote "No", said Mary Butler, an anti-abortion lawmaker from the main opposition party, Fianna Fail.
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