Reacties op: Our Programme for the Municipal Council Elections 2010 http://www.vvdwassenaar.nl Help Wassenaar groen en veilig te houden. Steun de VVD Wassenaar! Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:58:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Door: campagneteam http://www.vvdwassenaar.nl/het-vvd-programma/english/comment-page-1/#comment-80 campagneteam Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:30:28 +0000 http://www.vvdwassenaar.nl/?page_id=399#comment-80 Municipal elections will be held on Wednesday, 3rd March 2010 throughout the Netherlands. You, too, can help determine who will represent you the coming four years on the Municipal Council of Wassenaar. Many international residents in Wassenaar are eligible to vote. Take advantage of your rights and vote on 3rd March! Who is eligible to vote? Although most elections in the Netherlands are open to Dutch citizens only, non-Dutch nationals residents are entitled to vote in the local municipal elections provided they meet certain requirements. EU citizens are entitled to vote in municipal elections under the same conditions as Dutch nationals, provided they were registered as a resident of Wassenaar on January 19, 2010, are 18 years or older and have not lost the right to vote in their country of origin. Non-EU have also have the right to vote in local municipal elections provided they have been legally resident in the Netherlands for a continuous period of at least five years. This means that they must have held a valid temporary or permanent residence permit under article 8, sections a,b,d,e or l, of the Aliens Act 2000. The calculation of the five-year period of legal residence may also include any period during which the person concerned held a temporary residence permit under article 8, section C, of the Aliens Act 2000. Municipal elections will be held on Wednesday, 3rd March 2010 throughout the Netherlands. You, too, can help determine who will represent you the coming four years on the Municipal Council of Wassenaar. Many international residents in Wassenaar are eligible to vote. Take advantage of your rights and vote on 3rd March!
Who is eligible to vote?

Although most elections in the Netherlands are open to Dutch citizens only, non-Dutch nationals residents are entitled to vote in the local municipal elections provided they meet certain requirements.

EU citizens are entitled to vote in municipal elections under the same conditions as Dutch nationals, provided they were registered as a resident of Wassenaar on January 19, 2010, are 18 years or older and have not lost the right to vote in their country of origin.

Non-EU have also have the right to vote in local municipal elections provided they have been legally resident in the Netherlands for a continuous period of at least five years. This means that they must have held a valid temporary or permanent residence permit under article 8, sections a,b,d,e or l, of the Aliens Act 2000. The calculation of the five-year period of legal residence may also include any period during which the person concerned held a temporary residence permit under article 8, section C, of the Aliens Act 2000.

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