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Spiritual rearmament? Schoolchildren are forbidden from seeing their parents cast their vote

Tegning: Philip Ytournel
Tegning: Philip Ytournel
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»Unfortunately, you can’t come in«. The election official looks down at my 10-year-old daughter and, a second later, up at me in the long line for the voting booths. In my hand are the ballots I’ve been given for the municipal and regional elections; on my face, disbelief.

Yes, the election official explains, your daughter is too old to accompany you into the booth while you vote. So she has to step out of the line and wait on the other side of the curtain-lined booths in the school gym.

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