Election for Eu-parlament and danish constitution change

[Toke]

I have had a very interresting sunday as volunteer at the election.
We had 65% participation, the socialist peoples party were the biggest, and the change passed. At least at my elecction site, the results for the whole country is not in yet.
(the change is wheter males should have priority in the royal succesion)

I have been looking forward to seing the election from the other side of the table and was not disappointed.

Every egible voter get two paper registration cards by mail (voter cards), they are made by running some merge file on the central person registre. When they show up at their appointed election site and go to the corect table, I will compare the cards to the voter lists, mark them off with x´s, and hand over the two different ballot cards. They will then go to the voting boot and mark with a pencil on a string, then drop it in the ballot boxes.
(it was doubled up as there were two different elections going on)


We showed up at 0800, started by counting the ballots issued to each table and opened at 0900. After closing at 2000 we counted the x´s in the voters lists, the voter cards, and the remaining ballots.
Then on to the ballotboxes, to count the votes.
We finished at 2100 and did not have to try again as the numbers fit.

Democracy works! Or at least the voting proces does.

[Architect]

You know, I was just wondering when an EU election thread would appear. Well, besides the "by bye Gordon one" that fizzled out on Friday.

No sign of the UK results yet, alas.

[Toke]

I expect talking heads all night on tv.
I will rather check the national results tomorrow.

[Architect]

Jings, these daft eejits south of the border have actually voted in one of the BNP clowns!

[Toke]

Originally Posted by Architect

Jings, these daft eejits south of the border have actually voted in one of the BNP clowns!

Horrible, and you share not only a language (mostly) but also an island with them



Well it looks like the "Danish Peoples Party" got one too

[Jaggy Bunnet]

Scottish results (although not yet official because the wee frees won't count their votes on the sabbath) show that the SNP have done a lot better than last time while Labour have done a lot worse.

Although there is no actual change in the number of MEP's each will have, which seems to make the whole thing a bit pointless.

[Architect]

Originally Posted by Toke

Horrible, and you share not only a language (mostly) but also an island with them

Actually, no.

I'm Gaelic, albeit that I'm bilingual. I suppose that means I'd be considered an ethnic minority, although heaven knows where they think they'd ship me off to since we've been here longer than all these damnable Saxons. The camps, probably.

And although I live on the mainland, I'm from the Western Isles and hence don't actually share the same island with them.

[Toke]

Originally Posted by Architect

Actually, no.

I'm Gaelic, albeit that I'm bilingual. I suppose that means I'd be considered an ethnic minority, although heaven knows where they think they'd ship me off to since we've been here longer than all these damnable Saxons. The camps, probably.

Sorry about that, my mistake.
I get a bit confused with all the romans, anglons, saxons, vikings, normans e.c.t. that have invaded over the years.
Take it that you are not responsible for BNP representation.

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And although I live on the mainland, I'm from the Western Isles and hence don't actually share the same island with them.

Must be a relief.

What do you distill there?
Am currently drinking highland park from orkney, quite nice particulary their 18. years.

[Architect]

Well for a start, where I come from was part of the Kingdom of Norway before being conquered by the Gaels so I think my people fall into the "invaders" category.

Secondly, Highland Park is from Orkney. Orkney isn't one of the Western Isles.

[Toke]

Checking up on geografy
Ardbeg
Western Isles?
That is the other one in my kichen cabinet, unfortunately almost emty.
Ardbeg is nice, very smoky, like laproich.

Highland park is nice too, so is japanese malt wiskey. (some of it, they make lousy stuff too, just check the supermarkeds)

If you look closely enough it will be difficult to find a people that have not at some point invaded someone else. So much for origin.

[Toke]

The final results are not as chery as on my election site.
The rightwingers advanced too.

A - Socialdemokraterne - 4 mandater
B - De Radikale - 0 mandater
C - De konservative - 1 mandat
F - SF - 2 mandater
I - Liberal Alliance - 0 mandater
J - Junibevægelsen - 0 mandater
N - Folkebevægelsen mod EU - 1 mandat
O - Dansk Folkeparti- 2 mandater
V - Venstre - 3 mandater

http://politiken.dk/newsinenglish/article727483.ece

[Architect]

My country - 2 SNP (hurrah!), 2 Labour (boo, hisss), 1 Tory, 1 LibDem.

No BNP nutters (hurrah!)

[ddt]

Originally Posted by Architect

Jings, these daft eejits south of the border have actually voted in one of the BNP clowns!

I thought even two BNP clowns were elected. Well, that's nothing compared with the Dutch results; "we" voted in four "Freedom Party" clowns. Hell, they're not even member of the party.

Originally Posted by Toke

The final results are not as chery as on my election site.
The rightwingers advanced too.

F - SF - 2 mandater

Nevertheless, congrats on the doubling of your seats (that is your party, isn't it?).

[Architect]

Originally Posted by ddt

I thought even two BNP clowns were elected.

Not at the time I posted, it wasn't!

[Toke]

Originally Posted by ddt

Nevertheless, congrats on the doubling of your seats (that is your party, isn't it?).

Thanks. (Socialistisk Folkeparti)

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I thought even two BNP clowns were elected. Well, that's nothing compared with the Dutch results; "we" voted in four "Freedom Party" clowns. Hell, they're not even member of the party.

What a shame.