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2007 Alslandic same-sex Marriage referendum
| 2007 Alslandic same-sex Marriage referendum | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Should the United Provinces of Alsland allow marriage between same-sex couples? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |  Alsland | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 15 June 2007 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Alslandic Government | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Yes
No
The 2007 Alslandic Same-Sex Marriage referendum took place on 15 June 2007 in Alsland to ask the electorate whether Alsland should legalise same-sex marriages. Prior to the referendum same-sex couples were allowed to enter civil unions and foreign marriages were recognised. The government of Jabik Nieuwenhuis promised a referendum on same-sex marriage in their manifesto for the 2005 General election. The referendum resulted in 59.3% of votes being cast in favour of legalising same-sex marriage. The resulting Marriage Act 2007 was passed nearly unanimously in the Folkssenaat and was signed by President Onne Monsma on August 11, 2005. The act came into force on November 23 2007 the day after Jabik Nieuwenhuis was removed from office by Onne Monsma. The first same-sex marriage ceremony in Alsland occurred on November 29 2007.
Background
History
Support and Opposition
Party positions
| Position | Political parties | |
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| Yes | Worker's Party | |
| Progressive Alliance | ||
| The Centre | ||
| ASAY | ||
| United Democratic Union | ||
| Greens and Socialists | ||
| Radical | ||
| No | Sotirian Union | |
| Justice Party | ||
| Alslandic Resistance | ||
| National Rally | ||
| No official stance | Conservative Party | |
| Sotirian Democratic Front | ||
| Democrats | ||
Yes Campaign
No Campaign
Public opinion
| Date | Firm | Yes | No | Undecided | Sample size |
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| 11–14 June 2007 | ANS | 55% | 42% | 3% | 1,000 |
| 2–8 June 2007 | Hjoed | 62% | 38% | - | 1,200 |
| 25–30 May 2007 | TBD | 56% | 42% | 2% | 1,200 |
| 26–29 May 2007 | Hjoed | 60% | 40% | - | 1,000 |
| 19–24 May 2007 | TBD | 54% | 46% | - | 1,730 |
| 10–14 May 2007 | JaAlslân | 59% | 39% | 2% | 1,500 |
| 2–6 May 2007 | Yndyktinkt | 66% | 30% | 4% | 1,800 |
| 15-20 April 2007 | TBD | 52% | 45% | 3% | 1,000 |
| 4-8 April 2007 | TBD | 56% | 44% | - | 1,200 |
| 25-27 March 2007 | TBD | 57% | 40% | 3% | 1,250 |
| 20-23 March 2007 | Hjoed | 60% | 40% | - | 1,500 |
Campaign
Advertising
Abuse and vandalism
Mental health
Attempted assassination of Jabik Nieuwenhuis
On 14 June 2007, the day before the scheduled date of the referendum and the final day of campaigning, Tilman Schricker a 42 year old man from Garz attempted to stab Premier Jabik Nieuwenhuis with a 12 inch Kitchen Knife at a campaign visit in Werdau. Nieuwenhuis escaped injury after Schricker stabbed a police officer in the shoulder who had been preventing Schricker from approaching Nieuwenhuis. Schricker was detained immediately after this and Nieuwenhuis was evacuated. Campaigning was suspended nationwide for the rest of the day.
When questioned following his arrest, Schricker didn't cite the referendum as a cause for the attempted assassination but it was later revealed that Schricker was a member of the anti-LGBT Stadtbäumer Foundation which had vigorously opposed the referendum. However initial reports in the media said the attempted assassination was motivated by the decision to hold the referendum and Nieuwenhuis' support for same-sex marriage.
Result
National result
| Choice | Votes | % |
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 Yes
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3,935,311 | 59.3 |
| No | 2,705,508 | 40.7 |
| Valid votes | 6,640,819 | 99.6 |
| Invalid or blank votes | 29,151 | 0.4 |
| Total votes | 6,669,970 | 100.00 |
| Registered voters and turnout | 7,963,944 | 83.8 |
| Yes: 3,935,311 (59.3%) |
No: 2,705,508 (40.7%) | ||
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Result by Province
| Province | Yes | No | Invalid | ||
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| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| Delland | 950,928 | 63.2% | 541,668 | 36% | 0.8% |
| Fawkhamshire | 378,737 | 54.8% | 310,315 | 44.9% | 0.3% |
| Garz | 580,737 | 55.4% | 480,104 | 45.8% | 0.8% |
| Hamptonshire | 591,191 | 61.2% | 364,181 | 37.7% | 1.1% |
| Martiland | 284,287 | 51.8% | 260,688 | 47.5% | 0.7% |
| Middewald | 352,279 | 65.3% | 185,040 | 34.3% | 0.4% |
| Yndyk | 378,286 | 71.3% | 149,086 | 28.1% | 0.6% |
| Zittau | 418,866 | 49.8% | 420,592 | 50% | 0.2% |
Aftermath
Marriage Act 2007
Reactions
Criticism
Plans to hold a referendum were criticised by several LGBT rights advocacy groups who called the decision to have the majority vote on the rights of a minority group. During initial debates on holding a referendum, Senator Emo Akkerman who is openly Bisexual said that holding a referendum could set a dangerous precedence for other countries to deny LGBT citizens their rights if a referendum is held. Akkerman voted to hold the referendum during the vote on the issue.
In 2011, Premier Jonathan Fraser criticised the move to hold a referendum saying that the process would have been much faster had the Marriage Act 2007 been voted on in the Folkssenaat where there was overwhelming support for it. Fraser was outed as Gay in 2003 and was one of the most prominent figures within the 'Yes' campaign.
List of Alslandic governments
2021 Middewald general election
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The 2021 Middewald general election was held on 3 September 2021 to elect all 70 members to the Middewald Provincial Assembly. The outgoing government was a coalition government between the Social Democrats in Delland (SDyD), the Conservative Party (KP) with support from the Martish Democratic Party (MDP). It was led by Eildert Van Der Werff since 2019.
Together for the Republic, a newly founded bloc won a plurality of seats. The bloc was contesting this election as a joint initiative between The Centre, the Green Party and Future Alsland who all won seats. The SDyD experienced a decline of five percentage points. The right-wing Orange Party unexpectedly won more seats than the Conservative Party which experienced a decline of seven percentage points, the election was the party's worst ever result in the Province. ASAY and the Workers Party contested the election together and did not increase their share of seats or vote share significantly. The MDP more than doubled their vote share and won an extra 3 seats.
The incumbent coalition was defeated and Eildert Van Der Werff announced her resignation as Minister-President after coalition talks fell through. Heigo Harma was confirmed as Minister-President by the Assembly on 1 October and announced the establishment of a coalition of Together for the Republic and the SDyD later that week.
Election date
The 33rd Assembly on Middewald began on 21 September 2018 following the 2018 Middewald general election. Under the Provincial constitution of Middewald, elections to the Provincial Assembly must be held during the month of September every three years. On 29 July 2020 the Middewald government confirmed the date of the election for 3 September 2021. Originally the election was to be held together with elections to the Witansmoot of Hamptonshire but a snap election was held in Hamptonshire in conjunction with the 2020 Alslandic legislative election.
Background
In the previous election, the SDyD held a plurality of seats and had entered a coalition with the KP and MDP. The election was widely seen as a referendum on the Premiership of Ottila Möller, the election was the first to be held in Alsland during her tenure as Premier. The incumbent grand coalition SDyD-KP-MDP was unpopular in Middewald throughout it's existence. On 14 February 2019, Minister-President of Middewald Ljimme Broersma resigned as Minister-President and was succeeded by the Province's Secretary of Health Eildert Van Der Werff.
Parties
The table below lists the parties represented in the 33rd Gearkomste.
Campaign
The campaign officially began on 1 August 2021 when the 33rd Provincial Assembly was dissolved by President Hepke Veltman. Minister-President Eildert Van Der Werff was able to secure the support of many federal officials in the government. On 3 August the SDyD campaign officially began when the Provincial Manifesto was launched. Shortly after this Van Der Werff was endorsed by Bonne Zijlstra and Ottila Möller.
Originally, opinion polls suggested the election would be a close race between the KP and Together. Polls conducted before the campaign had consistently shown the Conservative Party ahead of the SDyD and Together. On 16 August, audio recordings appeared to show the KP's Minister-President candidate Formert Meinsma accepting a bribe from a logging company. At first the allegations were denied and were claimed to be manipulated. However the recording's authenticity was validated and soon after many National Bloc figures rescinded their endorsements from Meinsma. Meinsma continued to deny the allegations throughout the campaign. As it was already too late to replace Meinsma as a candidate the Conservative Party issued a statement saying Meinsma would not accept the role of Minister-President and would stand down as an MA if he was found to have accepted a bribe by the police.
Two TV debates were held during the campaign. Polling after the debates showed most voters believed MDP leader Triin Keskula preformed the best out of the candidates.
Opinion polling
Graphical summary
Minister-President polling
Polling conducted during the campaign on who the preferred Minister-President would be
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Other/Unsure/None of the above | Lead |
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Van Der Werff SDyD |
De Graaf OP - FDU |
Meinsma KP | |||||
| ANS | 29-31 Aug 2021 | 1000 | 41 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 32 | 18 |
| TBD | 21-24 Aug 2021 | 1000 | 40 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 20 |
| TBD | 15-16 Aug 2021 | 800 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 29 | 23 | 1 |
| TBD | 10-13 Aug 2021 | 800 | 32 | 15 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 2 |
| TBD | 9-12 Aug 2021 | 800 | 30 | 14 | 2 | 31 | 23 | 1 |
| TBD | 6-8 Aug 2021 | 800 | 30 | 11 | 3 | 30 | 26 | Tie |
Preferred coalition
Results
Aftermath
Government formation
Impact on Federal politics
Notes
Federal Presidency
| Federal Presidency | |
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| Federaal presidintskip (Dellish) Bundespräsidentschaft (Weranian) Fœderal Foresittenċe (Swathish) Föderaalne eesistumine (Kirenian) | |
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| Style | The Honourable |
| Status | Head of State |
| Appointer | Popular vote |
| Term length | 4 years, no term limit |
| Inaugural holder | |
| Formation | 1920 |
| Website | www.federaalpresidintskip.as |
The Federal Presidency (Dellish: Federaal presidintskip, Weranian: Bundespräsidentschaft, Swathish: Fœderal Foresittenċe, Kirenian: Föderaalne eesistumine) is the 4-member executive that functions as the collective head of state and head of the executive of the United Provinces of Alsland. It meets in the Presidential Hall in Yndyk. Members of the Presidency are directly elected from each linguistic community every 4 years using the alternative vote system. The position of Head of the Presidency rotates between the 4 members of the Presidency, each serving as Head of the Presidency for one year.
Hepke Veltman has been the incumbent Head of the Presidency since 5 January 2021.
Members
The current members of the Federal Presidency as of 2021 are:
| Member | Portrait | Joined | Party/Bloc | Community | Head of the Presidency term | |
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| Achim Lehmann | 
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5 January 2019 | National Bloc |  Weranian
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2019 - 2020 | |
| Riċard utNocct |
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5 January 2011 | Progressive Alliance |  Swathish
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2020 - 2021 | |
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5 January 2019 | Together for the Republic |  Dellish
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2021 - 2022 | |
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5 January 2015 | Progressive Alliance |  Martish
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2022 - 2023 | |