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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE-CH link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Dear all,</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I am pleased to invite you to the upcoming DemocracyNet transfer event: <a href="https://democracynet.eu/wahlen2019/"><span style='color:blue'>“Switzerland votes”</span></a></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>As the national elections are approaching, our aim is to provide voters in Zurich and around with information about how to elect: How to choose candidates? How to fill your ballot to reflect your preferences? How does the electoral system works?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>These questions and others will be discussed and answered by short presentations about tools that make digitally generated voting recommendations and by playing games such as the Smart Spider game, the political alpine procession or a power quartet.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>This event will last for one afternoon, on </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Saturday, October 12<sup>th</sup>, from 14.00h on. <br>Location: Karl der Grosse, Kirchgasse 14, 8001 Zürich<br>The event is open to all, with free entry; it will take place in (Swiss-)German.</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>This event is a joint collaboration with Karl der Grosse, easyvote, the Zürcher Jugendparlament and the Stiftung Risiko-Dialog. </span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I hope to see some of you there!</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Best,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Deborah</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><img border=0 width=169 height=101 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