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The total average turnout in the regional elections for years is around 50 percent.
In particular, the four large central stations have been many people cast their vote. “It’s pretty busy, but we kept in mind,” said a spokesman for the NS. “The polling stations are often frequented the busiest.”
Some polling station were only open during the morning rush hour. Other premises until close to 21:00, when closing all polling and counting begins. Voters can total up to 58 stations.
Rozendaal (Gelderland) was the turnout at 12.00 already at 31 percent. When the water board elections was 29.8 percent. Rozendaal has traditionally a very high turnout. Every year the town is often one of the first with the results
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As of 7:30 am, all polling stations opened in the Netherlands for the election of the members of the Provincial Council and the water boards.
Choose Compass reports that the site already more than a million times voice help is requested. Traditionally, online voice aids just before the polls frequently consulted
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Rutte
Prime Minister Mark Rutte Wednesday morning around half past eleven cast his vote in the Hague Benoordenhout.
Labour leader Diederik Samson did that earlier in the morning at half past nine in the polling Groenhoven in the White Rozenstraat in his hometown of Leiden.
PVV leader Geert Wilders went something for nine votes in the Hague. Half an hour later brought SP leader Emile Roemer his vote in Sambeek. Around half past eleven voted CDA chief Sybrand Buma at St. Martin’s School in Voorburg
Video:. Party leaders will vote
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Senate
The elected members of the Provincial Council elect on May 26 the members of the Senate . Also appoint the Provincial State members the executive committee of the parliament at the provincial level. Provincial Executive
Wednesday, people can vote for the water boards. General management of a water is comparable to the council of a municipality. This general government sets the policy of the water and check that the daily management policy performs well.
Rise
It is the first time that the Water Board elections simultaneously with the provincial elections held. The hope is that the combination will bring more voters. Previously, water boards are elected by mail.
In the provincial elections, the turnout for years around 50 percent, the water boards still pull a quarter of the voters.
The turnout at the Provincial Council elections in 2011 was 55.9 percent compared very high. The rise came when even higher than that in municipal elections in 2010 (54.1 percent)
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Rise provincial elections
Confusion
On depositing ballots in the ballot boxes sometimes creates some confusion. That makes several polling stations. The color of the form for the water is green and that of the Provincial Council is blue.
“This is intuitively seen not convenient,” said a spokeswoman for the Electoral Council. Wrong registered votes tonight still be stopped in the right bus. “Only then begins the counting of votes,” the spokeswoman said.
Almere
At the station Almere Muziekwijk the polling went Wednesday briefly open, to go again equally close. There appeared to be missing forms which the polling station could not yet open, reports Omroep Flevoland .
It was the list of invalid voting passes that was not present in the polling station. When he arrived at half past seven in the morning, the polling station was still open
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