Working hustle and bustle and hall fast night: This is how the Bundestag election 2025!

Working hustle and bustle and hall fast night: This is how the Bundestag election 2025!

The preparations for the upcoming Bundestag election on February 23, 2025 are in full swing in the Birkenfeld association (VG). This choice falls into a special time because it finds in the middle of the Saarland Hall Fast Night. This raises a number of questions, especially how celebrations and election date can be mastered at the same time.

The focus is on whether voters can get into the polling station in drunk, as well as the deadline for postal voting documents. In view of the early election date, the preparation time is already very tight, which could potentially be a challenge for the election organization, as the Rhein-Zeitung reported.

Details on postal voting

One of the most important innovations for the 2025 Bundestag election concerns postal voting. According to SWR , all voters have the option of submitting an application for postal voting without having to indicate a valid reason. The postal voting documents can now be requested, but they are only available at a later date.

The application takes place in the municipality of the first residence. The application can be made online, in writing or personally. An election notification is not absolutely necessary, but is considered helpful. The applications must be submitted by Friday before the election at 3:00 p.m.

deadlines and processes

From January 30, 2025, the ballot papers will be printed and sent. The period between the provision of the documents and the election day is about 10-12 days. For the return of the election letter, it must arrive at the responsible body until 6 p.m. on the election day. There are also specific regulations for Germans living abroad: they have to be entered in the electoral register by February 2, 2025.

Errors that can lead to the invalidity of postal voting documents include late arrival, lack of signatures or non -glued envelopes. A increasing use of postal voting is recorded; In the state elections in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Palatinate 2021, over 50% and 60% used the option of postal voting. Nevertheless, there are concerns of constitutional lawyers who also question the protection and equality of the choice, as also bundes-regierung.de

Finally, it remains to be observed how the electoral authorities will master the balancing act between carnival celebrations and the ballot and which impulses could bring postal voting for the turnout.