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 threadNot Just Bikes 🇳🇱Oct 29
I gotta say though, the ballot box being a wheelie bin was unexpected. I hope they don't confuse it with the garbage bins of the shops out front and empty the wrong one. 😂
Show threadArjen de Korte
@notjustbikes No worries, the votes don't leave the premises in these bins. We empty them on the spot just after 21:00 and count the votes by party (centralized counting) or by individual (decentralized counting). The votes are then repacked in sealed bags and brought to the city hall by two who have been part of the counting, while the 'proces verbaal' is handed in by two other members of the polling station (I'm one of those two for a polling station).
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