{"id":301,"date":"2006-11-24T22:36:58","date_gmt":"2006-11-25T03:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/24\/politician-forgets-voting-documentation\/"},"modified":"2011-08-10T00:59:54","modified_gmt":"2011-08-10T04:59:54","slug":"politician-forgets-voting-documentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feverishthoughts.com\/oddplanet\/2006\/11\/24\/politician-forgets-voting-documentation\/","title":{"rendered":"Politician forgets Voting documentation"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--CusAds--><p>Dutch Labour party leader Wouter Bos was turned away from a polling station in Amsterdam on Wednesday because he showed up to vote without all the right papers. <\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: right; margin:10px 0 10px 10px;\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* square 250x Oddplanet_inpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"7033143591\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>That&#8217;s not the way to start off an election day now is it?<\/p>\n<p>The Labour leader, Bos, who is usually calm and relaxed, cameras Bos,  at first looked stunned  In front of dozens of television and then sheepish before hurrying home to fetch the correct documentation.<\/p><!--CusAds-->\n<p>Bos has seen a commanding opinion poll lead vanish over recent months as his rival, Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, took the credit for an economic recovery in the run-up to Wednesday&#8217;s parliamentary election.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds--><p>There&#8217;s no word yet on how he did in the election but that couldn&#8217;t have been a good Omen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"b1291d92551e5c93995fce7897ccfc30\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<br\/>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-3375789278566919\";\r\n\/* OddPlanet_300x250_underpost *\/\r\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"8431788844\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\nsrc=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<br\/>\r\n\r\n<?php if ( is_search() || is_single() || is_page() || is_paged() || is_category() || is_archive() ) { ?>\r\n<div align=\"center\">\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n  ( function() {\r\n    if (window.CHITIKA === undefined) { window.CHITIKA = { 'units' : [] }; };\r\n    var unit = {\"calltype\":\"async[2]\",\"publisher\":\"dragonden\",\"width\":550,\"height\":250,\"sid\":\"oddplanet\",\"color_site_link\":\"cf4343\",\"color_text\":\"333333\"};\r\n    var placement_id = window.CHITIKA.units.length;\r\n    window.CHITIKA.units.push(unit);\r\n    document.write('<div id=\"chitikaAdBlock-' + placement_id + '\"><\/div>');\r\n}());\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/cdn.chitika.net\/getads.js\" async><\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<?php } ?>\r\n<br\/>\r\n<br\/>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dutch Labour party leader Wouter Bos was turned away from a polling station in Amsterdam on Wednesday because he showed up to vote without all the right papers. 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