OPEN VLD, YOUR LIBERAL CHOICE IN BRUSSELS AND FLANDERS
Open Vld is a liberal political party founded in Brussels in 1846. The Brussels Open Vld defends: a tolerant city where it isn’t your origin, color or sexual orientation which counts, but your future; the quality of city life; safe streets, clean parks, good bicycle paths, a new subway connection with the outskirts of Brussels; accessible healthcare services and an excellent multilingual education system; an enterprising city which makes it easy for startups, merchants and employers and with lowered taxes for living, working and entrepreneurship a European and international capital where English is acknowledged as an official language.
All European citizens can vote and even participate in the Belgian municipal elections on Sunday 14 October 2018. The Open Vld candidates are your liberal choice for these elections, both in Brussels and elsewhere. Our Brussels’ liberals defend citizen engagement, equal opportunities and entrepreneurship. Don’t forget to register in time for this important meeting with local democracy. Guy Verhofstadt Prime minister of Belgium from 1999 until 2008
Who is allowed to vote? People who: • have the nationality of one of the EU Membership states; • reside in a Belgian municipality and are registered in the citizen’s or foreigner’s register of the municipality where they live, at the latest on 1 August 2018; • are at least 18 years old on 14 October 2018; • are registered on the electoral roll on 31 July 2018
How get on the electoral roll? To be registered on the municipal electoral roll, you have to fill out a form. The form can be downloaded on our site: openvldbrussel.be/FAQ-EU-2018. The filled-out form has to be submitted to the municipal govern-
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Non-EU-citizens can also vote (liberal) if they have resided in Belgium for at least 5 years and have subscribed to a statement of democratic principles. You can find more info on the conditions for this on: openvldbrussel.be/FAQ-EU-2018
Once you have voted in Belgium, you are still allowed to vote in your country of origin Voting or/and participating in the municipal elections in Belgium, does not mean you lose the right to vote in your native country for the parliamentary, European or regional elections. You remain registered on the electoral roll as long as you meet the voting requirements and as long as you don’t renounce your voting rights. This means that, once you are allowed onto the electoral roll, it is no longer necessary to register again for future municipal elections, even if you move to another municipality.
You can also be a candidate yourself As an EU-citizen, you can also be a candidate on a (liberal) list and, if elected, serve as a member of the local council or as an alder(wo)man.
More questions? If you have any more questions on the registration on the electoral roll, the de-registration process, or about the difference in registration for the EU-elections and municipal elections, the various documents you need to fill out or about your voting rights and obligations, then take a look at the FAQ-page on our website: openvldbrussel.be/FAQ-EU-2018.