Well yes and no. They liked the extraordinary, everything new or beautiful. And they took it with them. That included jewelry, cats, ideas, religion and people. In their genes have been found traces of southeurope and even asia. So there have been blonde or redhead vikings. But only a few.
Yeah, voting is essential.
But don’t worry about starlink, the German voting process happens on paper sheets. The voter has to be identified before the vote. Then all votes get counted by hand and multiple times, submitted by fax and telephone.