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JUNE GENERAL ELECTIONS ~ A Special Coverage

The first Monday of June marks the beginning of the week-long general elections in the country where the Danes will go out of their daily routine and vote for their new constituent representatives in the Folketing. This year's general elections marks several firsts: the first election to adopt a single server system where each constituency houses a single server that is then directly connected to the individual polling machines in the stations, meaning a vote cast will now proceed directly to the server instead of channeling to the station's server before collected as a single constituency in the previous system which allows a fast-tracked turnout of results and decreases the likeliness of election tampering (something that Denmark is not so famous for); the first election that is declared as a national holiday; the first election to; and the first election to commission graduating high school students as election officers.

The Royal Electoral Commission, Denmark's primary election supervisory body, has committed almost more than a year only for the primary preparation after the introduction of the single server system which saw another year for its initial study and prototype testing.

As security has always been a primary concern during elections, the Politi had prohibited all police officers from taking a vacation the week before, during, and after the general elections. A security contingent of 2,000 servicemembers from the Royal Danish Army and the Royal Danish Reserve - Ground Component will also support the Politi in keeping order in election hotspots such as a party headquarters, city/municipal halls, and even in the Christiansborg Palace. Fortunately, the Politi has received no reports of any terrorist efforts that plans to disrupt the elections.

By convention, the Saturday before the general elections is allotted for the parties' final campaign rally. Parties held their final rallies in front of their headquarters; therefore Copenhagen became a security and a feast hotspot at the same time. Large parties held political concerts while smaller parties held dinners. Venstre's final rally served as the final squeeze of their campaign efforts as it can be described as extravagant with fireworks, top-of-the-chart performers, including a grand entrance of candidates which is their way of presenting their platform "Denmark in Extravagance". The Danish People's Party's final rally had the most attendees with figures exceeding 12,000. DPP Chairman Kristian Dahl expressed his high hopes in winning in the general elections given their rising popularity and support from many of Denmark's political institution.

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