#kommunalvalg

[jonsblogdk]

Der ER ingen nedre grænse, når det kommer til politik...

[julienelle]

Yesterday I made dinner and my lovely parents came to visit! It was really nice to be the one making them dinner instead of the other way around, which happens a lot more often..

It was election night in the municipal election here in Denmark and that is usually 'celebrated' with either open shrimp sandwiches or this very thickly cut, fried bacon with cooked apples or boiled potatoes and parsley sauce/gravy.. Or both..

In our case, I only served the open shrimp sandwiches followed by a curry soup. And then 77% chocolate as a 'dessert'..

I rarely take photos of my food when other people are around (especially my parents) so you'll just have to picture it yourselves! Or try google 'rejemadder' or 'valgflæsk'..

[haninus]

Voting

I can't stress enough how important it is to vote for your country, municipality, region, Europe Parliament or whatever else you can vote for in your country. Frankly, I don't care who or what you vote for. I just want people to get up and vote.

I'm not going to say that you don't have a right to complain if you don't vote, because honestly, you'll always have the right to complain and setting an X somewhere is not going to grant you some magic rights. BUT it is important to show if you're unhappy or unsatisfied with the way things are - or if you're happy with the way things are and want to keep them this way. It is important to use your vote and vote.

I for one will ALWAYS use my rights to vote. If fair and democratic voting was a given thing in every single country, I wouldn't be sitting where I am. I'd be sitting in Iraq surrounded by my family. My parents didn't go through all the the things they went through to bring me up in a safe place for me not to go voting.

I for one refuse to believe that you can just sit at home and complain about stuff, when voting is seriously the easiest thing. If you don't know the candidates? Look them up, take a test, return a blank card. GO VOTE. Seriously, it's not that hard looking up the people. I did it today. I looked up the candidates today and voted half an hour later. I don't know them all, I just know what I need to know to put my vote. You don't need to be an expert on politics to go vote. Just do it. Because it's your right. It's your duty and it's your privilege while living in a country where you are able to let your voice be heard.

So I won't say that you have no right to complain if you don't vote, but you sure as hell can't say it takes much from you to go do your duty and right. Because voting is important. No matter how little a difference you think your vote may do, you might just be the X that changes things or stop things from changing. So go vote!

[bruchsekunden]

Behind-the-scenes: Deadline / Voting / DR byen

[astridhaug-blog]

5 bud på sociale medier i den kommunale valgkamp

Det er nok de færreste danskere, der allerede nu er optaget af det næste store valg – nemlig kommunalvalget til efteråret, mere præcist d. 19. november 2013. Men partier og kandidater er allerede i gang. Et af de afgørende spørgsmål er, hvordan man som kandidat kan anvende sociale medier til at samle stemmer. 

Facebook er det mest oplagte medie, med over 3 mio. danske Facebook-profiler. En side giver flere muligheder end en profil. 

Man skal dog ikke glemme de mange andre muligheder der er for at få skabt kendskab til sit navn og det man står for: Twitter, Linkedin, Instagram (og andre billeddelingsnetværk), Slideshare, blog, Youtube og ikke mindst Google. Kun tiden og opfindsomheden sætter grænsen for, hvordan man kan udnytte og sammentænke de mange sociale platforme. 

Opskriften er 'mange bække små'. Det kan være ganske få personlige stemmer, som gør forskellen på, om man er stemt ind i byrådet eller stemt hjem.

Det er effektivt at kommunikere i billeder og video frem for blot tekst og slogans. Et enkelt godt billede kan sige mere end en lang statusopdatering. 

Der er stadig intet, der slår mødet med vælgerne ansigt til ansigt. Den fysiske og den digitale kampagne skal spille sammen og supplere hinanden. 

Hvad skal der så stemmes om? Emnerne i valgkampen bliver et mix af lokale sager og den nationale dagsorden med folkeskolen, jobs og økonomi i fokus (tak til følgere på Facebook og Twitter for input). Fx vil valget i Dragør Kommune komme til at handle om en eventuel kommunesammenlægning med Tårnby, mens en af dagsordenerne i Aalborg vil være det omstridte tørsvømning.

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