Bundestag election South Palatinate: An overview of participants and important deadlines!

Bundestag election South Palatinate: An overview of participants and important deadlines!

On February 23, 2024, the Bundestag election will take place in constituency 210, South Palatinate. This choice will not only affect the highly competitive seats in the Bundestag, but also offers citizens in the region the opportunity to give their voices in a parallel citizens' decision. The district election committee has now officially approved ten direct candidates, each of whom will compete for their parties. This was announced by Dietmar Seefeldt, the district administrator of the southern Weinstrasse and the district election manager.

The constituency of South Palatinate comprises the independent city of Landau in the Palatinate, as well as the districts of Germersheim and Southern Weinstraße. The approved candidates are:

• SPD: Yildiz Härtel, Edesheim, 1966
• CDU: Dr. Thomas Gebhart, Jockgrim, 1971
• Greens: Obada Barrmou, Jockgrim, 1997
• FDP: Ralf Stüber, Neuburg am Rhein, 1994
• AfD: Bernd Hans Schattner, Altdorf, 1968
• Free voters: Dieter Kaltenhauser, Landau in the Palatinate, 1958
• Die Linke: Jens Schwaab, Landau in the Palatinate, 1995
• Animal protection party: Manuela Baker-Krebel, Höhfrogschen, 1960
• volt: Jonathan Simantzik, Landau in the Palatinate, 1989
• BSW: Sina Arabella Listmann, Hoffen (France), 1987

voting preparation and deadlines

The party's proposal was rejected because it was missing from the necessary support signatures. By January 27, the parties have the opportunity to appeal against this decision. Election notifications are sent to all citizens entitled to vote. Those who do not receive any notification should be obtained by 7. February at the latest.

The application for postal voting is also important because this option is increasingly used. Voters can apply for their voting certificate from the community administration or the city administration in Landau. The deadline for this ends on February 21 at 3 p.m., in exceptional cases, the application can be made until the election day, also at 3 p.m. The election letters for the Bundestag election must be received by the Southern Weinstrasse district administration in good time.

Citizens' decision in Landau

In addition to the Bundestag election, the first civil decision in city history will take place in Landau. The citizens' decision deals with the renaming of three street names that are connected to the namesake of the namesake. A citizens' initiative has successfully collected the necessary number of signatures to enable this decision.

A new district administrator is also elected in the district. The incumbent district administrator Dietmar Seefeldt (CDU) starts again, while he faces challengers such as Anna Bendel (Mainz) and Eugen Zieger (AfD) from Offenbach.

The coming weeks will be crucial, both for the election campaign offers of the candidates and for the citizens who can actively participate in the political process. It is important for the voters to have the deadlines and modalities in mind in order to submit their voice in this important choice and the citizens' decision.