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censored city of Hamburg and responding

Some Days ago I blogged here about the "censorship" of the city of Hamburg and the city portal hamburg.de. On the official candidate for the state election portal published the only city portal Kandiaten of the profiles of the CDU, SPD, GAL, The Left and the far außerparlamantarischen FDP.

My post generated some waves, including the Hamburg Senate . Nevertheless, reported to date, both the content supplier wahl.de and the Senate all protests categorically. Among other things, on that basis from any email message that include the Party and the Independent Voters have reached this afternoon:

"We have informed the hamburg.de GmbH & Co KG on the criterion of candidate selection immediately visible on the side of publishing, which it did. For a complete list of all candidates on the website of the Hamburg Parliament. On hamburg.de see several striking placed references to that offer. In addition, the Wahl-O-Mat directly involved in the city portal. It is also strategically positioned. Here the 12 of the 13 parties registered for the election account, which answered the Wahl-O-Mat Theses
(email Klemens Jäger, Press Office of the Senate - Head of online editorial, 02/08/2011).

But the protests of the "small parties" were, among others, The PARTY , CDU and ödp and the threat of an election challenge to success. at 16.10 clock switched from the Free and Hanseatic City of the censorship worthy candidates portal .

The reason:

"We have decided to take this step because it can lead despite the clear selection criteria, the candidate presentation on a city portal to misunderstandings."

(email Klemens Jäger, Press Office of the Senate - Head of online editorial, 08/02/2011)

The decision of the Senate, is also documented on the pages of the Independent Voters .
The party has also the entire communication (pdf) published with the Senate on your website.

The success of the "little party" against the Senate.

All Hamburg can to and www.hamburgwahl.de seconded watch An incoming information on all candidates of all parties and details of the applicant is still full.

Addendum: The protest has another success, the portal Altona.info now published all the candidates of other parties.

Addendum: Both taz and the Hamburger Abendblatt reported in the wake of the successful protest of the election observer and the "Small Parties".