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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8704

12 May 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/slovak republic
Preferential voting system should not have much impact on European elections

Brussels, 11/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - Preferential voting is one of the elements that characterises the way the electoral system in the Slovak Republic works. It will be possible to choose a candidate on the ballot sheet but that candidate must have 10% of the votes attributed to his/her list. This condition has even less chance of being met as the best known candidates already hold the first places on each list. Thus, Peter Stastny, ice hockey champion, heads the SKDU list (Conservative...

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