Re: Another election, another ballot paper problem

Rob,

Thanks for this information: I've just scanned the Dutch Ballot form 
(49,9 cm by 35,0 cm) as a reference. (If anyone wonders how I 
smuggled a scanner into the booth, I didn't. I'm living abroad and 
can only vote by mail.)

I've uploaded the voting form on:
http://users.telenet.be/waarde/Papers/DutchEU-votingform2009-2.jpg

I'm not sure if these are clear and easy to use. I have several 
questions and qualms about these.

[Two questions for those who download the form into their browsers:
1. Why are the 'parties with even numbers' positioned slightly below 
the parties with odd numbers. Does this 'dancing top line' have a 
meaning?
2. There is a small text below the names of some of the parties. It 
states: 'combined with list x (= gecombineerd met lijst x). List 1 is 
combined with list 6, list 2 is combined with list 4, list 3 is 
combined with list 7, list 4 is combined with list 2. Who exactly do 
I vote for if I cross position 13 on list 2 if I know that there are 
only 3 or 4 seats available?]

Kind regards,
Karel.
[email protected]

>>>

>In the UK we're used to just a few candidates in elections, but the 
>proportational representation system used for the European 
>Parliament elections makes it easier for smaller parties to succeed. 
>Our ballot paper in Reading seemed to be two A4 sheets long (that 
>would be 210mm x 594mm), and would not fit on the table where you 
>voted.
>
>In this BBC news story from another constituency, the last party on 
>the list was hidden by a unexpected extra fold:
>
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8084086.stm
>
>__________________________________
>
>Rob Waller
>Department of Typography & Graphic Communication
>University of Reading
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