Report against Baudet for recruiting votes | Elections

The Public Prosecution Service in Den Bosch confirms the report and is currently studying it, says a spokeswoman. “We check to what extent there are criminal offenses in the video.” According to her, this is the only declaration that has been received so far, also seen nationally. “But that can of course still change. In that case, we may bundle declarations. But for the time being we will be doing this in Den Bosch. ”

“If you do not vote, your vote does not count and that is why it is so important that people who have a warm heart for FVD in their environment make people enthusiastic to give them proxies,” Baudet said in the offending excerpt. “People who may not be that politically involved, they may want to give a proxy, so you can vote several times. So one person can actually vote four times, as long as you can arrange those proxies. ”

De Bie watched the video and “fell off his chair.” “Obviously, this is recruiting votes and that is not allowed. I remember that in the nineties people in Den Bosch went to door to collect proxies. That was quite a row at the time. ” He approached the Electoral Council, but it advised him to report this to the police if he suspected a criminal offense. He did that last Monday.

Actively approaching voters with the request to issue a proxy is called recruitment and is punishable by law. FVD denied a few weeks ago that Baudet calls for recruiting in the fragment. A spokeswoman said that FVD members should “only address people who already intended to vote by proxy, but have difficulty finding a proxy. In that case it is explicitly not a question of recruiting. ”

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