{"id":35482,"date":"2026-10-09T15:14:36","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/?p=35482"},"modified":"2026-10-09T15:14:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T14:14:36","slug":"slovene-local-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/slovene-local-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Slovene Local Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are challenges in ensuring candidates and voter participation among the Roma community in local elections, often leading to low turnout or no candidates at all.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Darko Ruda\u0161, president of the Forum of Roma Councilors in Slovenia, notes a gradual increase in candidates, indicating growing recognition of the importance of participation in local governance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Concerns about elected representatives forgetting community issues or serving personal interests contribute to low trust and participation, suggesting a need for mechanisms like recall options for councilors.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>V Ko\u010devju zadovoljni s sodelovanjem z romskim svetnikom, a \u017eupan opozarja na dve klju\u010dni te\u017eavi. In: Dolenjska Info. 08.10.2026. <a href=\"https:\/\/dolenjskainfo.com\/novica\/lokalno\/v-kocevju-zadovoljni-s-sodelovanjem-z-romskim-svetnikom-zupan-opozarja-na-dve-kljucni-tezavi\/450931\">https:\/\/dolenjskainfo.com\/novica\/lokalno\/v-kocevju-zadovoljni-s-sodelovanjem-z-romskim-svetnikom-zupan-opozarja-na-dve-kljucni-tezavi\/450931<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are challenges in ensuring candidates and voter participation among the Roma community in local elections, often leading to low [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,609],"tags":[661,91],"class_list":["post-35482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-eastern-europe","category-slovenia","tag-elections","tag-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/565138304_122107744167031103_7800942185166405202_n.jpg.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35482"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35482\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35484,"href":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35482\/revisions\/35484"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rroma.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}