Cool became national news because he made a mistake during the 2011 Dutch Senate election. As a member of the North Holland States-Provincial he was entitled to vote for the new Dutch Senate on 23 May 2011 but was not able to find the red writing device (usually a pencil) prescribed for voting. Instead he voted with a blue one (his fountain pen). As a result, his vote was declared invalid and Democrats 66 missed a seat in the new Senate. His mistake was in favour of the Socialist Party (SP) which gained an extra seat. Cool regretted his mistake and apologised.[2] Appeal of his party to the Election Council was not granted.[3]
Personal lifeedit
Wim Cool lives in Hauwert, which is a town in the municipality of Medemblik.
Referencesedit
(in Dutch) D66 North Holland biography
^(in Dutch) North Holland States-Provincial biography
^(in Dutch) Stem ongeldig: met pen ingevuld, De Telegraaf, 23 May 2011
^(in Dutch) D66-stem senaat blijft ongeldig, Nieuws.nl, 31 May 2011
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(in Dutch) North Holland States-Provincial biography
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cool, willem, cool, born, february, 1943, gieten, dutch, business, consultant, mediator, politician, member, democrats, been, member, states, provincial, north, holland, since, april, 2011, cool, studied, university, amsterdam, member, municipal, council, noor. Willem Wim Cool born 12 February 1943 Gieten is a Dutch business consultant mediator and politician As a member of Democrats 66 D66 he has been a member of the States Provincial of North Holland since 18 April 2011 1 Cool studied law at the University of Amsterdam He was a D66 member of the municipal council of Noorder Koggenland from 1994 to 2002 and independent alderman of the municipality of Niedorp from 2004 to 2010 Contents 1 Senate election 2011 2 Personal life 3 References 4 External linksSenate election 2011 editCool became national news because he made a mistake during the 2011 Dutch Senate election As a member of the North Holland States Provincial he was entitled to vote for the new Dutch Senate on 23 May 2011 but was not able to find the red writing device usually a pencil prescribed for voting Instead he voted with a blue one his fountain pen As a result his vote was declared invalid and Democrats 66 missed a seat in the new Senate His mistake was in favour of the Socialist Party SP which gained an extra seat Cool regretted his mistake and apologised 2 Appeal of his party to the Election Council was not granted 3 Personal life editWim Cool lives in Hauwert which is a town in the municipality of Medemblik References edit in Dutch D66 North Holland biography in Dutch North Holland States Provincial biography in Dutch Stem ongeldig met pen ingevuld De Telegraaf 23 May 2011 in Dutch D66 stem senaat blijft ongeldig Nieuws nl 31 May 2011External links edit in Dutch North Holland States Provincial biography nbsp This article about a Dutch politician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wim Cool amp oldid 1068820413, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
