{"id":2763,"date":"2026-02-07T12:37:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T12:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/?page_id=2763"},"modified":"2026-03-15T08:33:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T08:33:09","slug":"english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/english\/","title":{"rendered":"English"},"content":{"rendered":"<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--66 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--76  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--14 wrapper__width-desktop--20 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--4 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<h1 class=\"heading   heading__size--giant heading__font--serif heading__weight--regular  block-heading__heading\" id=\"nav-local-elections-in-haarlem4810\"  data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Local elections in Haarlem\" >\n\tLocal elections in Haarlem<\/h1>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--40  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--13 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph   paragraph__size--big   block-paragraph__paragraph\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\tD66 Haarlem looks to the future of our beautiful city with great optimism. We are proud of what we have achieved together in recent years, such as the construction of a record number of new homes and major investments in schools and green spaces.\t<\/p>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--20 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--10 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--10  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--18 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-post-content\">\n\t<div class=\"block-post-content__title\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"heading  heading__color--black heading__size--medium heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold  block-post-content__heading\" id=\"nav-voting-as-an-international7637\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Voting as an international\">\n\tVoting as an international<\/h3>\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"block-post-content__content\">\n\t\t\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--30 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--20  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24\">\n\t\t<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default   block-paragraph__paragraph\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\tHaarlem has a growing English-speaking population. Many internationals can vote in the municipal election of March 18, but are not yet aware of their voting right. <br><br>As a <em>Haarlemmer <\/em>without Dutch nationality, you can vote in the local elections:<br>&#8211; if you are over 18 and a citizen of an EU country<br>&#8211; if you are over 18 and have lived in the Netherlands for over 5 years as a legal resident.<br><br>In both cases, you have the right to vote if you are registered with the municipality by January 31, 2026.<br><br>In order to vote, you need to bring both a valid ID and a voting card (&#8220;stempas&#8221;) to the polling station. You receive the voting card a few weeks before the election. We advise you to contact the municipality if you have not received one before March 4.  <br>\t<\/p>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"block-post-content__sidebar\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--20 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--10 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--10  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--18 wrapper__width-desktop--22 wrapper__width-mobile--24 wrapper__offset-large--6 wrapper__offset-desktop--2 wrapper__offset-mobile--0\">\n\t\t<section class=\"block-post-content\">\n\t<div class=\"block-post-content__title\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"heading  heading__color--black heading__size--medium heading__font--sans heading__weight--bold  block-post-content__heading\" id=\"nav-our-plans-for-haarlem1216\" data-nav-heading-mobile=\"Our plans for Haarlem\">\n\tOur plans for Haarlem<\/h3>\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"block-post-content__content\">\n\t\t\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--30 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--20  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24\">\n\t\t<p\n\t\tclass=\"paragraph paragraph__align--left paragraph__color--black paragraph__size--default   block-paragraph__paragraph\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\tInformation in English about the local elections in Haarlem is scarce. Therefore we have written a summary of our election program in English. You can read our (summarized manifesto) below:\t<\/p>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n<div\n  id=\"\"\n  class=\"wrapper  wrapper__spacing-bottom-large--50 wrapper__spacing-bottom-desktop--40 wrapper__spacing-bottom-mobile--40  wrapper__gutter--none\"\n  >\n  \t<div class=\"wrapper__container wrapper__container-width-large--default\">\n\t  <div class=\"wrapper__inner wrapper__width-large--24 wrapper__width-mobile--24\">\n\t\t<a\thref=\"https:\/\/media.d66.nl\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2026\/02\/English-manifesto.pdf\"\n\tclass=\"btn btn__color--black btn__size--default btn__size-width--default    block-button__btn\"\n\tid=\"\"\n\ttitle=\"Read our English manifesto here\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\tdata-last-site-id=\"1\"\n\t>\n\t<div class=\"btn__top-wrapper\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<span class=\"btn__title\">\n\t\t\tRead our English manifesto here\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"btn__media-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t<span class=\"btn__description\">\n\t\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t<span class=\"btn__spinner btn__spinner--black btn__spinner--default\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n<\/a>\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"block-post-content__sidebar\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\t  <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n  <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":431,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"search-tags":[],"labels":[],"themes-or-point-of-view":[],"class_list":["post-2763","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>D66 Haarlem &#8212; Local elections Haarlem<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Information in English about the local elections in Haarlem is scarce. Therefore we have written a summary of our election program in English.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/english\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"D66 Haarlem &#8212; Local elections Haarlem\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Information in English about the local elections in Haarlem is scarce. Therefore we have written a summary of our election program in English.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/english\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"D66 Haarlem\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-03-15T08:33:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/english\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/english\\\/\",\"name\":\"D66 Haarlem &#8212; Local elections Haarlem\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-07T12:37:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-03-15T08:33:09+00:00\",\"description\":\"Information in English about the local elections in Haarlem is scarce. Therefore we have written a summary of our election program in English.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/english\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/english\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/english\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"English\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/\",\"name\":\"D66 Haarlem\",\"description\":\"Just another D66 Sites site\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"D66\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/86\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/Partijlogo-D66-HAARLEM.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/86\\\/2021\\\/12\\\/Partijlogo-D66-HAARLEM.png\",\"width\":274,\"height\":187,\"caption\":\"D66\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/d66.nl\\\/haarlem\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"D66 Haarlem &#8212; Local elections Haarlem","description":"Information in English about the local elections in Haarlem is scarce. Therefore we have written a summary of our election program in English.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/english\/","og_locale":"nl_NL","og_type":"article","og_title":"D66 Haarlem &#8212; Local elections Haarlem","og_description":"Information in English about the local elections in Haarlem is scarce. Therefore we have written a summary of our election program in English.","og_url":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/english\/","og_site_name":"D66 Haarlem","article_modified_time":"2026-03-15T08:33:09+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/english\/","url":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/english\/","name":"D66 Haarlem &#8212; Local elections Haarlem","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-02-07T12:37:05+00:00","dateModified":"2026-03-15T08:33:09+00:00","description":"Information in English about the local elections in Haarlem is scarce. Therefore we have written a summary of our election program in English.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/english\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"nl-NL","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/english\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/english\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"English"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/#website","url":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/","name":"D66 Haarlem","description":"Just another D66 Sites site","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"nl-NL"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/#organization","name":"D66","url":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"nl-NL","@id":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2021\/12\/Partijlogo-D66-HAARLEM.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/86\/2021\/12\/Partijlogo-D66-HAARLEM.png","width":274,"height":187,"caption":"D66"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/431"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2912,"href":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2763\/revisions\/2912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"search-tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/search-tags?post=2763"},{"taxonomy":"labels","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/labels?post=2763"},{"taxonomy":"themes-or-point-of-view","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d66.nl\/haarlem\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/themes-or-point-of-view?post=2763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}