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Voting in the EU parliament election when living abroad

2009-01-02

The 7th june Europe goes to the ballots to elect a new EU parliament.

If you don't live in the country where you have citizenship you can vote on your local embassy or consulate, or most likely via mail. Make sure to check up on the procedures of your country well in advance. I will include more detailed instructions for Swedes living abroad. If you have such instructions for other countries, please email them to me at redNOSPAMhog@redNOSPAMhog.org :)

It is important to use your voting rights, no matter what your political views are! Remember: If you don't vote, you don't get to complain! However, if you, as I do, believe that our democracy is threatened from within, by so-called "anti-terror-laws", "intellectual property protections" etc, please vote for your local Pirate Party in the upcoming European Parliament election!

The following information is in Swedish, as it only applies to swedes:

Information om hur man röstar som utlandssvensk:

Viktiga datum:

2009-04-23
Brevröst får skickas från utlandet.
2009-05-08
  • Rösträtten bestäms efter de uppgifter om folkbokföringsregistret.
  • Utlandssvenskar som varit bosatta utomlands mer än tio år ska ha anmält sig till röstlängden.
  • Unionsmedborgare som vill rösta i Sverige ska ha anmält sig till röstlängden.
2009-05-14
Ambassader och konsulat får börja ta emot röster. Budröster får göras i ordning.
2009-05-20
Bosatta i Sverige bör ha fått sitt röstkort. Förtidsröstningen startar.
2009-05-26
Rättelser av röstlängden skall ha inkommit senast denna dag.
2009-06-06
Ambassad- och konsulat-röster ska vara framme hos Valmyndigheten.

Om man vill rösta på Piratpartiet eller något annat parti som inte får sina valsedlar utlagda av valmyndigheten, kan man skriva partiets namn på en tom valsedel (bara partinamnet, man kan inte personrösta om man gör detta).

Det borde även gå att få tag i en valsedel direkt från Piratpartiet, och jag skall försöka få tag i en bunt att lägga ut på ambassaden i Oslo.

Tags: democracy, freedom, pirate, politics.
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Intimidatiom

2009-04-04

Tinfoil Time - this article is a bit paranoid, but I just had to write it for the links :)

How would you go about muting a few irritatingly loud critics or opponents? What if you where the government, or had contacts in the government? I'd start by seizing their computers, just deprive them of their communication channel. But what if the critics where too many to stop them all? Well, I'd get other people to do my bidding. I'd intimidate people so that they'd keep the critics in check, to keep their own backs free. I'd size not just the opponents computers, but make sure to cause a lot of collateral damage, so that no one would want to be anywhere near those people, or people with their views ever again.

What I'm getting at is a pattern. The same thing happened when the swedish police, indirectly on orders from the US and the MPAA, busted the The Pirate Bay, taking all of PRQs server in one big sweep, TPB servers or not. This is the new world order; you make sure you're not hosted at the same location as some pirates, or your servers might be at risk. You make sure you don't host any pirates, or you might not get any customers at all.

And if you're going to criticise the current laws, the government, or a larger company, make sure you do it anonymously or you might loose your job. And just having an anonymous online account won't work any longer.

Ok, now you can take of your tinfoil hat again. And host a few pirates on your home server, or just open your WIFI to anyone, since you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to fear...

Tags: democracy, freedom, politics.
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Nätvalkampanjskunskap för de traditionella partierna

2009-04-07

Riksdagspartierna skall försöka ragga väljare på nätet - för 60 miljoner kroner. Piratpartiet satsar inte en krona på nätet - men vet ni vad, vi har tusentals bloggar där, och facebook-konton, och chattar och websidor och twitter och youtube och till och med en egen bloggsyndikering/nyhetssite (http://live.piratpartiet.se), som vi skaffat alldeles gratis.

Eller rättare sagt, dem har vi, alla medlemmar skapat alldeles gratis. Toppstyrda odemokratiska organisationer köper lojalitet, vi bygger den! Välkommen till Internet! Välkommen till den nya världen de traditionella partierna vill lagstifta bort! Välkommen till friheten!

Vill du ha kvar den friheten? Rösta då på Piratpartiet i EU-valet i sommar!

Tags: democracy, freedom, piratpartiet, politics.
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