Will you vote for the european election (2004)?

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will you vote for the european elections - 2004?

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Ernst
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Post by Ernst »

I am going to vote, but I will vote "blanc". I really don't see any sense in giving my vote to any of these parties. I cannot see what they stand for, or what they want to achieve in the European Parliament. In Germany it is quite usual that politicians that have reached a dead end in their carriers or that the parties want to get rid off candidate for the European Elections as a form of early retirement.
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Post by Batavorum »

Out off principle I vote in any election there is.

People who don't vote musn't complain.
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Post by Tiverius »

It is obligatory to vote in Greece.In the eighties if you didn't vote,you couldn't have a passport or driving license,unless if you had an excuse or living over 200km from the place you had to vote.
Anyway,politics is very important to Greeks since ancient years,so either way we all vote!
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Post by Van Geel »

!Pretfles! wrote:I'm member of a party
I'm also a member of a party: www.n-va.be
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Post by Inke »

Ernst wrote:I am going to vote, but I will vote "blanc".
Why are you going to vote when you will vote blanc??
When you vote blanc, you automatically vote for each party. If you are not interested in european politics, then don't vote at all!
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Post by trancefreak »

i can't vote, in holland you have to be 18 to vote and i am almost 17 :roll:
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Post by N0W1K »

trancefreak wrote:i can't vote, in holland you have to be 18 to vote and i am almost 17 :roll:
here in Spain you need have to be 18, too

saludos!!!!
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Post by Dakkus »

I will vote Jehki Härkönen of the green party of Finland :)
Ko saka āboliņš? Pēk pēk pēk!
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Post by Van Geel »

N0W1K wrote:
trancefreak wrote:i can't vote, in holland you have to be 18 to vote and i am almost 17 :roll:
here in Spain you need have to be 18, too

saludos!!!!
I think you have to be18 in every European country. Isn't it? :?:

Anyway, in Belgium you have to be 18 to if you want to vote.
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Post by Tiger »

I have to vote, but I can't.
I'm in Leuven at the university during june, because of my exams.
I have to vote at home in Kontich, but I really don't see myself wasting 2 hours going to Kontich by train, waiting in line for a few hours and going back to Leuven...
Luckily our university gives letters for voting authorisation to students who can't or don't want to go vote.
So my dad'll have to vote in my place. :)
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Post by Tiverius »

So my dad'll have to vote in my place.
Your dad? 8O 8O 8O 8O
What kind of democracy is that?
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Post by bhoeyb »

Tiverius wrote:
So my dad'll have to vote in my place.
Your dad? 8O 8O 8O 8O
What kind of democracy is that?
Yes, if you can't go to vote, you have to give authorization to one of the members of your family. Once, my mom voted instead of me when I was in New Zealand for some months.
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And how do you know that he/she will vote what you want?
I mean that I don't vote ths same party with my parents (though our parties belong to the same wing).
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Post by bhoeyb »

You can ask to vote for your party ... but ofcourse, you'll never know if they realy did :roll: ... that's Belgium :lol: .
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In Greece vote is secret and personal.It is conciderd sacred I would say!
That's Greece...
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