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Re:Detaining David Miranda by seabee on Tuesday August 27, 2013 @12:38PM (#6284511)
In the UK (probably other countries too) you have to put up a deposit, designed to prevent frivolous candidatures. I suppose if you can afford to lose your deposit it's not a bad way to protest; even better if you get more votes than the threshold amount!
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Re:Detaining David Miranda by pgeorgi on Wednesday August 28, 2013 @04:06AM (#6288584)
In Germany you have to collect signatures from a certain sample of the electorate (typically 0.1%) with which they affirm that they want to see you on the ballot.

For municipal elections that's possible to achieve for an individual.

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