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Midnight tonight is the deadline to vote in the EU elections

April 23, 2024
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Midnight on Tuesday is the deadline for European nationals living in the Netherlands to register if they want to vote here rather than in their home country in the June EU elections.

In 2019, just 12% of those eligible to vote actually registered, amid a lack of information from local councils, who are required by law to brief all EU citizens on their rights. People who registered last time remain on the list but all new arrivals should have had a letter.

This time round there seem to have been few problems, although Dutch News is aware of at least one Danish voter in Amsterdam who was told they could not vote because “it appears you do not have an EU nationality”.

City officials have not yet responded to questions about the “computer error”.

Voting to elect 31 Dutch members of the European parliament takes place on Thursday, June 6 and all European nationals over the age of 18 are able to vote either in the Netherlands or their country of origin.

To register, potential voters have to fill in a special form, known as Y32, and either post, or email it, to the local authority where they are registered. Your registration must be logged by midnight on April 23.

  • Government website on voting rights
  •  Form Y32 to register to vote
  • Form to register in Amsterdam
  • Register in The Hague

The GroenLinks-PvdA alliance has organised a meeting in Amsterdam on Tuesday – the deadline for registering, in an effort to encourage more international workers to sign up.

Dutch nationals abroad must also register their intention to vote by April 25 if they have not already done so for a previous election.

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