Re: Ballot Papers

Dave,

The Dutch Voting form for the June 2009 European elections can be downloaded from:
http://users.telenet.be/waarde/Papers/DutchEU-votingform2009-2.jpg
(It's a 434K jpg file. If you need a high resolution version, just ask.)

The Dutch have abandoned the electronic systems after a fierce campaign "We don't trust computer voting"
Their website ( http://wijvertrouwenstemcomputersniet.nl/) has parts in English: http://wijvertrouwenstemcomputersniet.nl/English .

There are several major problems with the Dutch form for this elections. The Dutch need to elect 25 representatives. That's clear. But there are list-connections. So is list 1 (CDA-Christian Democrats) linked with list 6 (Conservatist Christians). List 2 (Social) is combined with list 4 (Environmental-left) and list 3 (liberal democrats) is combined with list 7 (democrats).

So what happens if I give my preference vote to number 27 on list 7? There are several options:
a. This gentleman (Floris Kreiken) gets enough preference votes to go directly to the EU-parliament. This is unlikely.
b. So, List 7 (Democrats) gets my vote. So there will be a representative (probably the first one on the list) who goes to the EU-parliament. However, this is a fairly small party, which is unlikely to reach enough votes for a single representative.
c. Because of the list-connections, it might be that I have voted for the party on list 3. So, on of the first of list 3 goes to the EU-parliament. 
That was certainly not my intention when I selected number 27 on list 7 ....

So, yes, please look at these voting forms and suggest something - on paper - that is clearer.

Kind regards,
Karel.
[email protected]

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On 19 Feb 2010, at 19:58, Dave Wrenne wrote:

> Hello All
> 
> Hope this finds you well.
> 
> I am a MA Communication Design student at Central St. Martins in
> London and am currently working on my main MA project which deals with
> voting and electorial design with special interest in ballot papers
> and the issues that have arrisen in many democratic elections due to
> poor ballot design. I am currently researching the fundamentals of
> form design as to inform my research on the design of the ballot.
> 
> I am having issues in finding ballot paper examples and was wondering
> if anyone here knew any resources?
> 
> Thanks for taking the time to read my post and any thanks in advance.
> 
> Best Regards
> Dave Wrenne
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