2016 Labour Party (Netherlands) leadership election
The 2016 Labour Party leadership election was called to elect the new Leader of the Labour Party after incumbent Diederik Samsom announced a leadership election to select the Lijsttrekker (top candidate) for the Dutch general election of 2017.[1][2][3] Lodewijk Asscher beat Samsom by 54.5% to 45.5%.[4]
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Procedure
The final list of candidates was published on 7 November, and voting started on 28 November and closed on 8 December. A day after, the results were announced. Each of the party's ca. 45,000 members were given a vote in the leadership election. Additionally, any Dutch citizen was able to purchase a temporary membership for 2 euros and gain access to the election within days of their registration.[5]
gollark: It's a terrible bodge which should not be necessary.
gollark: I mean, in my country we just have RFID-blocking wallets.
gollark: Contactless cards can apparently be read at a somewhat greater range than you might want using a RTL-SDR or whatever to pick up the radio signals.
gollark: Although the password thing's still broken, because you have to enter the password into *potentially untrusted hardware*.
gollark: Also, delete contactless.
References
- (in Dutch) Samsom wil opnieuw boegbeeld PvdA worden, NOS, 23 September 2016
- (in Dutch) Asscher doet het: hij wil PvdA-lijsttrekker worden, NOS, 13 October 2016
- (in Dutch) Monasch kan geslotenheid PvdA niet langer aanzien, NOS, 13 October 2016
- (in Dutch) Asscher wint lijsttrekkersverkiezing PvdA, Samson stapt op
- (in Dutch) Voor twee euro meestemmen over lijsttrekker PvdA, AD.nl, 14 October 2016
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