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Chapter 1 is mainly a bill of rights. There is no normative hierarchy indicated by the constitution: all basic rights are principally equal in value and importance. Some rights are absolute, most can be limited by parliamentary or "formal" law, many can be limited by delegation of limiting powers. They include:
When arriving at a voting station, voters hand in their card or pass to one of the three attendants of the voting station, who checks the card, cancels it, issues ballot papers to the voter, and directs him or her to the polling booth. Dutch citizens living abroad are able to vote by registering in advance and then using a postal vote.
The first chapter of the Dutch constitution codifies the rights of all inhabitants of the Netherlands. These are both negative and positive rights as well as democratic rights . This includes a ban on discrimination (the first article of the Netherlands), the freedom of religion , freedom of speech , freedom of association and freedom of ...
The Dutch Constitution lists the basic civil and social rights of the Dutch citizens and it describes the position and function of the institutions that have executive, legislative and judiciary power. The constitution applies to the Netherlands, one of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
In the Netherlands, bills are generally submitted by the Government, but also individual members of the House of Representatives have the right to introduce bills. In 2005, Members of Parliament Niesco Dubbelboer (), Wijnand Duyvendak and Boris van der Ham (Democrats 66) introduced the bill that would become the Advisory Referendum Act.
Democrats and voting rights groups are concerned a simple change in wording — that "only" rather than "every" citizen can vote — could weaken how voting rights are laid out in the state ...
Dutch vote takes on greater significance. EUobserver. Smith, Nicola & Sparks, Justin (29 May 2005) Dispirited Dutch plot revenge with a no vote on Europe. The Times. Morris, Chris (27 May 2005). Dutch doubters defy EU project. BBC News. Johnson, Brian (12 April 2005) Dutch in disarray over EU constitution Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine.
May 23—WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed Congressman August Pfluger's legislation by a bipartisan vote of 262-143 to block noncitizens from voting in ...