– 07/30/14, 14:31
© Reuters. D66 leader Alexander Pechtold makes stemfie during the local elections in March 2014.
The stemfie, the picture that people make of themselves with the voting form, is not only a cheerful nod to put democracy. listening to It has certain risks. The Electoral Council advises Minister Plasterk Interior to abolished. Stemfie The photo is at odds with suffrage and secret ballot, reports the organization on its own website.
The Electoral Council advises the government on suffrage and elections. President Henk Kummeling said this morning on Radio 1: “Selfies may, but is reducible if what they are voting for is not convenient, we have in the Netherlands stemwet choose a secret and we want to ensure..” The Electoral Council in its decision looked at the rules in other countries. In Belgium, for example, voters are not allowed in the picture with a clear evidence of the party for which they voted. People who do this, risking a fine of up to 3,000 euros. In South Africa, the Philippines and in some U.S. states it is illegal to which both the voter and his vote choice to see his pictures. In Finland shooting in the polling station even not allowed. On the publication of the photos in the voting booth poses a risk that may be. Sold votes According Kummeling you with a picture of the form provide proof that you voted and therefore maybe sell your vote, as sometimes happens abroad. In addition, a certain pressure on the voter arise. “That one party says, for example: let’s see me if you have really voted.” It is the Electoral Council, moreover, only for photos in which the voter and his vote choice appearing.
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