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miauw62

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Re: Local Politics Thread
« Reply #45 on: December 21, 2012, 09:53:26 am »
I read up on it a little bit more, and he did win, and he did give a couple of barrels of beer to wherever. Also, the people needed to provide proof in the form of a picture (on their smartphone). I'm pretty sure it's legal to tell other people who you voted for, so that probably includes taking a picture of it and showing it to the mayor to get a pint.

And then there's the fact that it was on his personal facebook, about an hour or so before the elections.
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Re: Local Politics Thread
« Reply #46 on: December 21, 2012, 03:05:03 pm »
If he does go through with it, he'll probably win the next election even if he gets kicked out of this one.
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« Reply #47 on: December 21, 2012, 03:25:26 pm »
It's even more fun now that I read it.

That winning politician was from our local far-right party. Now, since this is Belgium, all elections are proportional, so the 3 regulars parties came together to make a coalition (despite not being the firt party). Now, another politician, from a fifth party attacked the far-right guy to have new elections and hopefully get elected. And of course, the 3 parties that are now leading the city don't want that.
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