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Patrick Breyer and Pirate Party lose EU Parliament seats (stackdiary.com)

submitted 5 months ago by skilledtothegills@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Patrick Breyer, a staunch defender of digital rights, laments the Pirate Party’s exit from the EU Parliament as a blow to online privacy.

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[–] CaptainSpaceman@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You trust polls?

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 months ago (3 children)

And I was right to; pirate party got less than 1% of votes, also due to the fact they couldn't afford to have their voting paper in most places.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Polls are problematic in that they reinforce their own predictions. It's especially frustrating in recent years when you're bombarded with them even when there's no election in sight. Problem is, governing parties are usually busy governing while populists are campaigning 24/7. Media has made a huge effort to reinforce the trend and get people used to living in a far right era. Polls are unhelpful and destort democracy to a dangerous degree.

[–] admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 6 points 5 months ago

Thanks for being part of the self-fulfilling prophecy, I guess.

[–] manucode@infosec.pub 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Where do you live that you can print your own ballot?

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

France. The parties have to pay the government if they want their ballot already present at the election place. As a citizen, you may also bring any ballot you want (within some very reasonable rules), so the smaller parties instruct you to print your own to save on costs.

[–] manucode@infosec.pub 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

OMG. Here in Germany you sometimes get an entire booklet of ballot papers, if necessary. You wouldn't even be allowed to bring your own ballot. Otherwise, one could secretly mark their own ballot in some way, thereby undermining the secrecy of the vote.

[–] faercol@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 months ago

Yeah, this is one of the seasons the Pirate party is pushing for a unique ballot, because the current format is really unfavorable towards small parties that don't have the means to print the ballots among other things