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What’s our latest REWIRE Democracy newsletter? This month's topic is RESILIENCE. 💪 hear from a judge in Poland, 💪 discover why joy is a non-negotiable tool, 💪 learn practical ways to stay grounded & inspired. rewiredemocracy.substack.com/p/2-building-r… #RewireYourMind #HopeBased @hopebasedcomms

May this holiday season bring you peace, joy & happiness! 🎄🕎 🕊️What is hope? Hope isn’t just an emotion—it’s a strategy that we can use to make our lives & work more fruitful and creative. ✍️Subscribe to our #REWIREDemocracy newsletter to find out more rewiredemocracy.substack.com/p/1-growing-ho…

🔥 Big news: The first ⚡REWIRE⚡ Democracy newsletter is here! 🔥This issue is packed with inspiring stories, tools, and fresh ideas to help YOU turn hope into action.⚡Read our 1st edition here: rewiredemocracy.substack.com/p/1-growing-ho… & make sure you subscribe !

🧶“We must dream the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become reality.” (Vaclav Havel) I really hope one day I’ll be able to talk about a new Hungary that we have built.A country that has earned its freedom, became humane, decentralised & entrepreneurial

🧶 ✌️we need to be totally free in trying, creating and pushing for brand new ideas of system change that are based on values we all embrace. People are ready to embrace new ideas.

🧶 🇺🇸 the result just reiterated that we live in an era of a massive paradigm shift that is going to be a loooong uphill battle.

🧶Reimagining There’re 20 amazing people from 🇵🇱Poland, 🇭🇺Hungary, 🇧🇬Bulgaria & 🇺🇦Ukraine in our ⚡️REWIRE⚡️hope-based mindset shift incubator to envision a more human centric world & demonstrate what it would look like w @hopebasedcomms 👋Stay tuned for updates #REWIREyourMIND

🔴 In an electoral autocracy education is paramount to get poll-workers ready for E-day to record irregularities & file complaints. Read our report ➡️ bit.ly/4cRVI7c 🔴 Training needs to be offered online & in-person 🇭🇺 #Hungary 🇪🇺 #EPelections #LocalElections

🔴 8 out of 100! 🇭🇺Voter coercion in #Hungary among the most vulnerable, elderly. ➡️Based on 200 poll workers' testimonies. Read our full report bit.ly/4cRVI7c 2024 #EPelections #localelections

🔴 4 out 100! 🇭🇺 Read our full report based on 200 poll workers' testimonies about irregularities and fraud at the 2024 EP & local #elections in #Hungary 👀 👀 bit.ly/4cRVI7c

🧵🇭🇺Hungarian Citizen Election Report @hhc_helsinki @tasz_hu @Pol_Cap @MertekMonitor #20K

🧵Only continuous advocacy & funding for electoral integrity NGOs to yield results. 🇭🇺Hungarian Citizen Election Report➡️unhackdemocracy.eu/en/investigati… @osce_odihr

"A new Cold War has begun, and every power player must choose a side, lest it be chosen for them." Must-read from @KeszZoltan and @levente_pal ampamerica.com/thus-new-cold-…

🧵📌 "1340 voters turned up to vote, # of stamped ballot papers was 1339." 📌 “…NAME3 collided with a police car on election night drunk, as a result of which his car was searched and the one stamped ballot paper missing from the record at the polling station was found."

🧵📌 "...NAME2, who regularly appeared at the polling station as a driver, made phone calls calls, and also called the poll workers into a separate room."

🧵#VoteBuying #VoterFraud Hungarian Supreme Court: 📌 "At polling station #2 in Ópályi, a poll worker, NAME1, greeted voters at the door and told them who to vote for..." 📌 Video evidence: "NAME3 declares he gave "5000HUF", later he distributed 10.000HUF w slogan "Family 1st"

🚨🚨 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻'𝘀 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗚𝗢𝘀. We stand with anti-corruption watchdogs @TI_Hungary and @Atlatszo, who are being targeted by #Orbán's new Sovereignty Protection Office in retaliation for their #anti-corruption work. This is what happened and why it matters. Explainer

🧵"This matters bc HU already falls well short of the requirements for free & transparent elections as most prominent 🇭🇺election-related orgs including #20K, @tasz_hu, @hhc_helsinki, @MertekMonitor, @PoliticalCap & @unhackdemeu concluded." Joint rprt unhackdemocracy.eu/en/investigati…

🧵 "The Sovereignty Law's had the greatest impact on orgs working directly on or around elections. It has enforced a culture of fear within civil society & the media, diverted already limited resources & attention, stifled cooperation and imposed a level of self-censorship."

🧵It's been an increasingly challenging few months for civil society in #Hungary🇭🇺, especially for those working around elections. Read our latest article in the EUObserver #HungaryEUPresidency📍euobserver.com/rule-of-law/ar… @afraidofnogoats