Subj : FTSC Administrator - preliminary results
To   : Bj”rn Felten
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Tue Dec 11 2018 12:53 pm

Hello Bj”rn,

On Tuesday December 11 2018 12:19, you wrote to me:

 MvdV>> Exactly. Punishing people for not executing their right to vote
 MvdV>> is a thing for totalitarian regimes.

 BF>    Don't be too hard on Ward, Michiel.

It annoys me that he seems to think that he has a role in this. It is the FTSC 
members that choose their chairperson. Non members have no say in it, they are 
just observers. Period. ZC's are no exception.

 BF> After all, he lives in one of the few countries in the world were you
 BF> are obligated by law to vote. If you don't, you'll face severe legal
 BF> punishment.

 BF>    At least in theory -- that legal obnoxiousness has never worked
 BF> AFAIK. Not even in Belgium.

A looong time ago, before I was elegible to vote, we had a similar law in The 
Netherlands. Didn't work.

Actually that law just required voters to show up at the voting station. They 
could stll refrain from voting.


Cheers, Michiel

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