Voting was halted earlier proper now. The reason was complaints from MPs Sylvana Simons (BIJ1) and Caroline van der Plas (BBB). They came across that their e-mail take care of had voted for the e-book Het Coronabedrog by FvD chief Thierry Baudet. Every say they didn’t do it themselves.
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Baudet responded with: ‘Hahaha, it seems identical to the American presidential elections’. He then insinuated that the ‘likely’ is that ‘they’re going to solely remove the votes on The Coronabedrog’.
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The CPNB Foundation, which is responsible for the spokesperson for the NS Public Award, acknowledges that until now voters solely needed to provide an e-mail take care of. The vote then didn’t must be confirmed. That has now been adjusted: those who have voted will receive an e-mail and will reply to make sure that the vote to be reliable.
People who had already voted will receive an e-mail throughout the coming days to confirm their vote, the CPNB spokesperson talked about. “Votes that aren’t confirmed may be declared invalid.” She wouldn’t say what number of people had already voted. “We on no account make interim statements about numbers.”
The NS Viewers Award is a e-book award that’s awarded yearly. The six best-selling books of the earlier yr are mechanically nominated, nevertheless of us may even vote for various books which have been revealed. Baudet’s e-book falls into the latter class.
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There isn’t any goal to think about that earlier winners may be illegitimate
The winner of the NS Viewers Award will receive a cash prize of seven,500 euros and a sculpture by artist Jeroen Henneman. The creator may also journey freed from cost in 1st class for a yr. Closing yr, Lale Gül took the best prize with I’ll keep. Rutger Bregman, Martine Bijl and Hendrik Groen moreover obtained the prize earlier.
In line with the CNPB spokesperson, there isn’t a goal to imagine that earlier books have gained wrongly, now that the voting course of used until this morning has been confirmed to be inclined to manipulation. “In several years we’ve not seen these irregularities. There isn’t any goal to think about that earlier winners may be illegal,” talked about the spokesperson. Thorough checks have been always carried out. As an illustration, if “a putting amount of votes have been cast from the an identical IP take care of on the an identical e-book” in a quick timeframe, already intervened.
Readers have been able to cast their vote since last Wednesday. The voting interval runs until November 16.
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