bert_hubert, 6 months ago

So tomorrow there are national elections in The Netherlands and I need to acquaint you with two oddities. For one, we take our democracy entirely for granted so we mostly vote in.. garbage bins. Secondly, our ballots are HUGE as they list 28 parties and 1128 candidates (no joke). So we need to make good use of the space in the garbage bin. For this purpose, polling stations are equipped with the STEMBUSSTAMPER, specially designed to tamp down wayward ballots:

The stembusstamper is a longish piece of wood that fits through the slot meant for ballots. It allows one to tamp down wayward ballots so there is more room in the ballot box.