Vote counting is top sport

12:00 p.m. | March 16, 2023

The sports hall in De Wier: normally a place where people work up a sweat, form teams, run around, coach and be coached. Only to return home tired but satisfied. And in fact, today is no different. It's top sport this day!

There is a lot of walking back and forth with crates full of ballots and other paperwork. But the head is also trained: ballot by ballot, everything is counted, noted and processed, and then moved on to a new stack. Small teams complete their task in full concentration, coached here and there by the coordinating staff. Sometimes taking a breather, eating or drinking something...and then on again. To finally go home later that day, tired but satisfied. 

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  • The results are online!

    6:15 p.m. | March 17, 2023
    It's over: the votes have been counted at party and candidate level, the official minutes have been drawn up and all official documents have been signed. The Central Election Bureau in Leeuwarden now takes over. 

  • Just a little while longer...

    4:45 p.m. | March 16, 2023
    The last mile weighs the hardest. But how happy we are with all the residents who are helping us as vote counters.

  • We're off again!

    8:50 a.m. | March 16, 2023
    After a short night we get back to work today in good spirits . We are in MFC de Wier in Ureterp for the central counting of votes at candidate level.

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