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Longest Ballot Committee on Bluesky

Long ballots are an excellent and hilarious way to start a conversation about the importance of electoral reform in an era of growing authoritarianism but long ballots themselves are not unusual at all. Look around the world and you’ll see they’re actually quite common 😀

Euro Expat "It's cute you think this ballot is long. You should see what we have back at home" A long, narrow ballot for the 2024 European Parliament Election (Europa-Parlamentsvalget 2024) featuring Danish political parties. The ballot lists parties including Socialdemokratiet (Å), Radikale Venstre (B), SF - Socialistisk Folkeparti (F), Liberal Alliance (I), Moderaterne, Dansk Folkeparti (Ø), Venstre - Danmarks Liberale Parti (V), Danmarksdemokraterne-Inger Støjberg (AE), and Enhedslisten-De Rød-Grønne. The ballot is white and rests at an angle on a surface with a blue object and black garment partially visible in the background. A long, vertical German voting ballot being held by a hand. The ballot is extremely lengthy, with multiple columns of political parties and candidates numbered from 2 to 34. At the top left, there's a warning in German (ACHTUNG) about how to fold the ballot to prevent voter identification. Each party or candidate row has a circle for voting, and the ballot is positioned against a neutral gray background. A postal ballot with an extremely complex voting structure, held open by an older man with a reddish complexion. The ballot is so large it almost completely obscures his body, with only his head and hands visible. The ballot's instructions read "Please vote only in section 1 or section 2 (do not vote in both sections)" at the top, and in the middle it explains "Only number one box above the line OR You must number at least fifteen boxes below the line". The document is extensively detailed with multiple columns and rows of text, illustrating the complexity of the voting process.