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[Nettime-nl] Netherlands March 3, 2010 municipal elections: voting to loose your voice for 1500 days |
De Hinkende Bode/Limping Messenger http://limpingmessenger.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/netherlands-march-3-2010-municipal-elections-voting-to-loose-your-voice-for-1500-days/ Netherlands March 3, 2010 municipal elections: voting to loose your voice for 1500 days March 3, 2010 by Tjebbe van Tijen Voting day in the Netherlands… I do not vote, even though I am not in principle against the parliamentarian system (1500 days mandate without an option to recall or correct the person/party I have mandated makes it not good enough a system for me) So I do not delegate my power, still I am ready to influence parliament or the local council. Flyers where dropping as late as this morning in my letterbox of people asking my vote who I never heard of before; so next time we may congregate via Facebook or other social media to give some real meaning to democracy…. regularly over the whole period of four years to have a real exchange of opinions, to give guts to the idea of representation, instead of only mouthing the ‘D’ word during a few weeks before elections. There is more potential for participating in government in society than the casting of the traditional vote. [image of poster with caption] click web link to see it/read it. Tjebbe van Tijen Imaginary Museum Projects Dramatizing Historical Information http://imaginarymuseum.org web-blog: The Limping Messenger http://limpingmessenger.wordpress.com/ ______________________________________________________ * Verspreid via nettime-nl. Commercieel gebruik niet * toegestaan zonder toestemming. <nettime-nl> is een * open en ongemodereerde mailinglist over net-kritiek. * Meer info, archief & anderstalige edities: * http://www.nettime.org/. * Contact: Menno Grootveld (rabotnik@xs4all.nl).