Hesse in election fever: This is how postal voting for the Bundestag election 2025!
Hesse in election fever: This is how postal voting for the Bundestag election 2025!
For the upcoming Bundestag election on February 23, 2025, the cities and municipalities in Hesse have already started sending the first postal voting documents. This week, citizens who are entitled to vote will receive their documents, whereby it should be noted that the deadlines are particularly short due to the early election. Last Thursday, the election committees on the admission of constituency candidates and state lists were advised, which is of crucial importance for the ongoing preparations, so Fr.
Responsibility of the letter voters
Retrieval voters are responsible for the fact that their election letters arrive in good time, at the latest by the election day at 6 p.m. No special reason has been required for postal voting since 2008, which has led to an increase in the postal voting rate in Hesse in the past. During the Bundestag election 2021, the postal voting rate was 51 percent; The state election 2023 and the European elections 2024 each showed a rate of around 37 percent. A total of around 4.3 million people are entitled to vote in Hesse.
For information for voters, it should be noted that there will be no special polling stations in schools. Instead, the electoral offices in all 421 cities and municipalities in Hesse are responsible for looking after the voters and providing the election documents. Wahlen.hessen.de informs about the exact processes for postal voting.
background of the elections in Germany
The Bundestag election is part of a larger municipal election process in Germany. Local elections include the choice of parliamentary representations in municipalities and cities as well as the direct election of (senior) mayors. These elections are important in political will formation and are subject to the Basic Law, which in Article 28, paragraph 1, the conditions for general, immediate, free, equal and secret elections. Various local constitutions, such as the North German Council Constitution and the South German Mayor's Constitution, are influenced by the election behavior.
The differences in the election laws of the federal states and the regulations that favor a participation of citizens' initiatives and smaller parties significantly shape local election culture. bpb.de provides further information about the various election systems and the role of local elections in Germany.
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