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Momodou
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 Posted - 31 Aug 2010 : 16:04:39
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Janko, I am going to serve you to Turk on this......
Danish experts and politicians say that it is problematic that Swedish ballots are not anonymous. Voters are said to openly take the card from the party they wish to vote fo into the voting booth. "Would you vote differently if your neighbour could see where you put your cross on election day?" the experts ask.
The Danish right wing parties are making this noise because of the fact that the Swedish Nationalist party Sweden Democrats has been refused to bring a television advertisment on the Swedish TV4.
The Swedish Prime Minister who is conservative says no thanks to election observers and says that the Danish politicians who critize the Swedish election campaign do not know what they are talking about, and they have not followed the campaign.
Mona Sahlin, Social Democrats leader says that the Danish critique is not serious. "we have fully democratic elections in Sweden And we have the courage to take the debate against those who use Muslims to lead a smear campaign against a particular population. I am proud." She says. She defends the TV4's decision not to show a commercial for the strong right-wing and immigrant party Sverigedemocraterne.
According to Swedish law it is illigal to make a spear campaign against a population or to ethnic groups.
VKO want observers for Swedish elections
The non-socialist parties in Denmark are questioning freedom of speech in Sweden up to elections.
The Danish Liberal, Conservative and Danish People’s parties feel that the nationalist Sweden Democrats have been subjected to censorship in the run-up to the Swedish elections on September 19th and as a result the Council of Europe should be asked to send election observers to the country, Jyllands-Posten writes.
The Liberal Foreign Policy Spokesman Michael Aastrup Jensen, who is also chairman of the Danish delegation to the Council of Europe, plans to put the issue on the agenda of the next Council of Europe meeting in October.
“It would be reasonable to send observers to Swedish elections. I will be discussing with Council of Europe member countries whether Sweden should be put under some form of monitoring so that we ensure democracy in the future,” he tells Jyllands-Posten.
VKO feels there are several democratic problems with the Swedish election campaign, including a recent decision by the TV4 company to reject a controversial advertisement for the right-wing Sweden Democrats. The parties also believe there is a problem with the Swedish voting system in that voters have to choose in public which voting sheets they want to take into their booth.
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Momodou
Denmark
11828 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2010 : 15:04:37
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Danes made Swedish film
Danish producers regret making a film for the Sweden Democrats
One of the most controversial programmes in the Nordic region at the moment is the right-wing Sweden Democrat immigration film – a film that Swedish broadcasters have declined to show and which prompted Danish Liberal, Conservative and Danish People’s Party politicians to question Sweden’s election democracy.
Not only have Swedish broadcasters declined to show the film, but it appears that no Swedish production company was willing to produce the film – so it was produced in Denmark by three Danish companies, according to B.T..
“For six months we tried to find someone in Sweden who would produce the film. But nobody would, so the film was produced in Denmark,” says Sweden Democrat Press Spokesman Erik Alqvist.
Sound production for the film was carried out by the Danish company Supersonic that now regrets having taken part.
“We didn’t know what we were saying yes to, but it’s correct that we did the sound production,” says Supersonic CEO Mitch Fischerman. According to B.T., the Danish production company Strickly Production has also played an important role in producing the film.
The Danish company Duckling confirms having initially worked on the film to carry out post-edit colour correction, but regretted its role, and when it became clear what the film was about, delivered an unfinished job and declined payment.
“It is not our job to take a political standpoint, but if I had known from the beginning what it was about, we would have declined the job,” says Duckling Director Mads Munk.
Edited by Julian IsherwoodSource: Politiken.dk |
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njucks
Gambia
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Posted - 03 Sep 2010 : 08:30:23
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Originally posted by Momodou
...............Swedish voting system in that voters have to choose in public which voting sheets they want to take into their booth.
Momodou, what do you mean by this? are they selecting the voting sheets of the party they want to vote in public? so if you just take one into the booth...... huh!
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Momodou
Denmark
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Posted - 03 Sep 2010 : 09:05:36
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| Njucks, yes thats what they are saying here in Denmark. You take the card of the party in public and they you go into the boot to put your cross. Your neighbours can easily see if you choose a red, blue or green card before going in the boot. |
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kiwi
Sweden
662 Posts |
Posted - 03 Sep 2010 : 16:27:41
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What Momodou wrote here is mainly correct but the different colours do not stand for different parties but different elections. We actually have three elections at the same day, parliament elections and two local elections: municipal and county council elections. (I am not familiar with the English terms, someone migt want to correct them.)
One can receive the ballot papers in three ways: they are delivered to your home address by the mailman, you can take them from the party representatives standing outside the polling station or pick them from a table inside the station. So if you are concerned about your anonymity/privacy, bring them with you from home or pick from each party and make you choice behind the voting screen. |
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turk
USA
3356 Posts |
Posted - 03 Sep 2010 : 17:13:51
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| Thank god, Floridans do not have to vote under something similar to Sweden's election system. |
diaspora! Too many Chiefs and Very Few Indians.
Halifa Salah: PDOIS is however realistic. It is fully aware that the Gambian voters are yet to reach a level of political consciousness that they rely on to vote on the basis of Principles, policies and programmes and practices. |
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Momodou
Denmark
11828 Posts |
Posted - 03 Sep 2010 : 17:42:11
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| Kiwi, Thanks for clarifying about the card colours. The right wing Danish parties definitely want to influence the outcome of your coming elections. |
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kiwi
Sweden
662 Posts |
Posted - 03 Sep 2010 : 18:13:17
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| Turk, out of curiosity, what is most deterrent in the Swedish election system according to you and what should be done about it? |
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turk
USA
3356 Posts |
Posted - 03 Sep 2010 : 18:52:59
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| kiwi, sorry but I am not familiar with the Swedish election system. |
diaspora! Too many Chiefs and Very Few Indians.
Halifa Salah: PDOIS is however realistic. It is fully aware that the Gambian voters are yet to reach a level of political consciousness that they rely on to vote on the basis of Principles, policies and programmes and practices. |
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Janko
Gambia
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Posted - 03 Sep 2010 : 23:37:24
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Momodou,
turk is not familiar with the Swedish election system, so am saved for now.
To add on what Kiwi said, there are possibilities like voting by post or voting at specific voting stations before election day. So, the question of anonymity is still very strong.That Sweden is not democratic is just a very bad marketing strategy, in my opinion.
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turk
USA
3356 Posts |
Posted - 04 Sep 2010 : 02:31:24
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| It is very painful to say but I kinda agree with Janko here. |
diaspora! Too many Chiefs and Very Few Indians.
Halifa Salah: PDOIS is however realistic. It is fully aware that the Gambian voters are yet to reach a level of political consciousness that they rely on to vote on the basis of Principles, policies and programmes and practices. |
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kiwi
Sweden
662 Posts |
Posted - 04 Sep 2010 : 10:32:51
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I also forgot to tell that you put your ballot papers in sealed envelopes, hand them over to election superviser who put them in a sealed ballot box while you are watching.
The scary thing is, will "Sweden Democrats" take place in parliament? |
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kiwi
Sweden
662 Posts |
Posted - 20 Sep 2010 : 23:02:00
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I guess that the Danish People's Party is happy now and shouting with joy together with Sweden Democrats, which has 20 seats in parliament from October 5.
”A believing muslim can not be Swedish, and we want to stop 90 percent of all immigration. With the carrot and the stick, we get the Muslims to leave Sweden” , one of those says.
” We are concerned at the emergence of Islam in Sweden just as we saw with concern the emergence of Nazism and Communism had”.
A bit ironic, as the Swedish Democrats Party has its roots in neo-nazism.
There were mass demonstrations against racism and SD Party today, more than 5000 people gathered in Stockholm City.
The demonstration was organized by 17-year-old Felicia , who is disappointed that the Sweden Democrats have come into parliament. After yesterday's election, she submitted a request on Facebook to demonstrate their displeasure.
Nobody really wants them into parliament, not the other establishet parties, not the common people – besides those 5,6% who voted for them.
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Momodou
Denmark
11828 Posts |
Posted - 21 Sep 2010 : 08:54:43
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Kiwi, this is a nightmare for Sweden but it must be accepted that 5,6% of the voters have voted for them and they are now in the parliament. The Danish Peoples Party participated in the campaigns and very happy that Sweden Democrats won so many votes.
They fetched most of the votes in the south of Sweden in the areas claimed to be the old Danish territories Skĺne and Blekinge.
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