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Yes, indeed, we do vote around 5 times a year on several more or less important subjects and elect officials. That does not mean that a mistake can be fixed quickly, because the entire lawmaking process is (deliberately) slow:

- All members of parliament do that only part-time; during the rest of the year, they do work (mostly) normal jobs.

- Once the (national) parliament has passed a law, the citizens have 100 days to collect the names of 50,000 opponents. If they achieve this, it that will mean the law is delayed for at least another year.




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