Etiket: municipal elections
At the polling station for 40 years: ‘Contact with voters is nice’ | 1Limburg
A polling station that couldn’t open, voting machines and recounts. Hélène Kiesbrink-Geenen has experienced it all. She has been working as a volunteer in the polling stations of the municipality…
51 people from Brabant tell why they are going to vote (or why not)
Municipal elections will be held in 51 Brabant municipalities on March 16. Omroep Brabant spoke to one resident in each municipality. Why are you going to vote? Which theme do…
Young people about what they expect from the city council: ‘Give us housing’
Tilburg had the lowest turnout in the Netherlands in the 2018 municipal elections. Young people in particular have failed in the city. The city council is therefore doing everything it…
‘Women don’t want to get involved in politics because of rooster behaviour’ | 1Limburg
The disproportionate male-female ratios in Limburg municipal councils, such as that of Gennep, are due to rooster behaviour. That is what Anke Sonnemans of D66 Gennep says. She is one…
Heerlen mayor: ‘Election turnout must go up’ | 1Limburg
Mayor of Heerlen Roel Wever will roll up his sleeves in the coming weeks to boost the turnout of the upcoming municipal elections. For example, he organizes a breakfast on…
CDA green tsunami floods the streets: ‘And we have much more’
The CDA in The Hague has not had it easy in recent years, but there is one place where the party is the absolute winner even before the elections: Huijbergen.…
Corona becomes 50PLUS Roosendaal fatal: number 2, 3 and 4 in the hospital
He was determined to storm the Roosendaal city council with 50PLUS, but the adventure of party leader Gerrit Vruwink ends in a soft spot. Because the planned number 2, 3…