Is it true, Jeroen?
The Mayor of Amsterdam is _always_ elected with 100% of the votes of those that elect him, namely, one vote from the Queen?
In a way, it's true. Mayors here don't get elected but are appointed by the Crown.
The appointment instead of election of mayors has been a point of discussion for several years already. Last year there were two towns (the town of Best, where I grew up, being one of them) were, as an experiment, the mayor was elected by the local population. But other than that, mayors still get appointed, not elected -- and I don't expect that situation to change drastically anytime soon.
Jeroen "Political Observations" van Baardwijk
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