Survey seeks input from U.S. Latvians on next Saeima election

Comments

Pierre

How is this survey made available to Latvians living in the USA? I checked the websites of the ALA and the Latvian Embassy in Washington and did not find any links there.

01 Oct 2009 (United States)

Janis J. Dimants, Jr., M.D.

To incease the number of voters, voting stations have to be set up in every place where there are Latvian communities abroard - USA, Canada, Australia, South America, Europe - England, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, etc... There are more than 9 Latvian communities in USA alone, perhaps more than 40! It does not matter how many Latvians there are in a community - the voting stations can be set up very easy locally where an authorized person by the Emabassy of Latvia in USA oversees the voting process and reports to the election committee accordingly. Thus expenses would be none! The work force will consist of voluntiers. And there would be no expense for the Latvian Emabassy in USA. We have an precident already from the previous eletion in 2006. It is inportant that the whole voting process is made easier in general and specifically by increasing the number of voting stations. It is the duty of our Latvian communities abroad to inform the people regularly and ask them not to forget to vote - - on October 2, 2010. Whar we as individuals can do is this: urge our friends, relatives, etc. abroad and in Latvia to take an active part in the political process, the parliamentary election, by voting on October 2, 2010. This can be done by mail, e-mail, telephone calls, personal contacts, etc.

16 Oct 2009 (Latvia)

Jānis Bībelnieks

It looks like this survey, by the Latvian Embassy, is to determine voting habits of Latvian Americans to determine where denser populations cluster and thus locate voting places for regional balloting so (balsošanas iecirkņi) can be set up, so people would not have to send passports to vote by mail.

26 Oct 2009 (United States)