Not Just Bikes 🇳🇱Oct 29

I voted today!

Now that I'm a Dutch citizen I am eligible to vote in the general elections for the first time!

It's comical how big the voting paper (stembiljet) is, but thankfully I'm old enough to have used paper maps, so I was able to easily re-fold it like a pro.

Photo by 1Veertje (CC-BY-SA 3.0)

Show threadNick
@notjustbikes are you allowed to take pictures like this? That would technically be ilegal and void your vote in the UK. But I'm not sure if that's ever actually happened
Oct 29 at 12:19pmMoshidon
Show threadroot42Oct 29
@NickAnEngineer Same in Germany. If you get caught, you have to fill out a new vote, without your camera...
Show threadIrinaOct 29
@NickAnEngineer @notjustbikes This looks like it was taken before colouring one circle red!
Show threadIrinaOct 29
@NickAnEngineer @notjustbikes They say explicitly that you're allowed to take pictures, provided (a) no other people are in the picture unasked and (b) it's not possible to see what you voted in the picture.
Show threadNot Just Bikes 🇳🇱Oct 29
@NickAnEngineer read the alt text. It's not my photo.
Show threadMark RotteveelOct 29
@NickAnEngineer @notjustbikes Yes, it is allowed: https://www.kiesraad.nl/onderwerpen/veelgestelde-vragen-tweede-kamerverkiezing/vraag-en-antwoord/mag-een-kiezer-een-foto-van-zijn-ingevulde-stembiljet-maken
Mag een kiezer een foto van zichzelf met zijn ingevulde stembiljet (stemfie) maken?

Ja, dat mag. Een stem kan niet achteraf ongeldig verklaard worden als de kiezer een stemfie heeft gemaakt.

Show threadVincent TunruOct 29
@NickAnEngineer @notjustbikes Yes. The reason to prohibit it would be to prevent vote coercion, but the picture is not proof that you actually voted what's on the ballot, because you can ask for a new ballot. Thus, the photo does not void the secrecy of your vote.