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"To run for President of Iceland, you need to be an Icelandic citizen, at least
35 years old, and have 1,500 endorsements.
For the first time in Icelandic history, this endorsement process is digital.
Instead of collecting all their signatures on paper the old-fashioned way,
candidates can now send people to <
https://island.is/forsetaframbod> to submit
their endorsement.
This change has, also for the first time in Icelandic history, given the nation
a clear window into who is trying to run — and it’s a remarkably large number.
To date, 82 people are collecting endorsements, including a comedian, a model,
the world’s first double-arm transplant receiver, and my aunt Helga.
Many of these people are seriously vying for president (yep, my aunt Helga),
some of them have undoubtedly signed up as a joke (nope, not the comedian), and
at least 11 of them accidentally registered and had no idea that they were
collecting endorsements for their candidacy.
“I’m definitely not about to run for president, this was just an accident,” one
person told a reporter after having a good laugh about it.
“That’s hilarious!” another person said, thanking the reporter for letting them
know that they were in the running.
As a content designer, I was intrigued. How could so many people accidentally
start a campaign for President of Iceland?"
Via Esther Schindler.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
