Kristie
Novel turned into BBC miniseries
"If a book is well written, I always find it too short."
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Post by Kristie on Nov 4, 2008 13:46:31 GMT -5
Today is election day in the US. How do your countries hold elections? I know that some have plurality elections or proportional representation elections, etc.
But I was wondering when you vote? Do you have a set election day? If you vote when the government calls for elections, do you still have a certain day of the week to vote? How old do you have to be to vote? Is election day a national holiday or on a weekend? I think it's pretty stupid to have elections on a Tuesday when people still have school and work--it makes it harder to get people to the polls.
I'm really just curious as to how different places vote for their presidents/PMs/chancellors/etc...
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Lu
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Post by Lu on Nov 4, 2008 15:30:24 GMT -5
We always have elections during weekends, with addition of Monday morning lately. We vote for PM and parliament every 5 years, regional and local (or municipal) elections are held every 5 years as well, and sometimes referendum. If different elections are scheduled for the same year (such as general elections and municipal ones) they're usually held on same days, but there are not set days. You have to be 18 to vote, with the exception of the Senate (one of the two chambers of Parliament) to vote for it you have to be 25. Polls are usually organized in schools, which is great when you attend them the primary school I attended always hosts pools and we used to be on holiday from the day before elections to one day after (so from Friday to Monday). I forgot of European Parliament elections, held every 5 years.
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jobean
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Post by jobean on Nov 10, 2008 22:45:04 GMT -5
We always have elections on weekends too. I'm not entirely sure how many years we have elections since I'm not 18 yet (the legal age to vote), but we have elections at different times for head of each state (premiers) and country (prime minister). Unlike the US, we have to vote - we get fined if we don't.
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