Voting fight for: Short deadline for Berlin postal voting causes unrest!

Voting fight for: Short deadline for Berlin postal voting causes unrest!

Berlin is faced with a crucial choice: On February 23, 2025, the Bundestag election will take place, even though the postal voting documents will only be sent almost two weeks before the election date, from February 10th. State election manager Stephan Bröchler confidently commented that this challenge could be managed despite the narrow time frame. "It is a effort that will not be a walk", says Bröchler in the Deutschlandfunk . The reason for this short period is that the final election proposals only be determined on January 30th, which makes the organization even more difficult. A large number of voters who want to choose by letter can be expected, since around 47 percent claimed postal voting in previous elections.

precautions for the choice of repetition

In another important step, the Berlin state election committee published the officially confirmed second vote result of the partially repeated Bundestag election on February 11th. According to TAG24 , there were only minimal differences in the voting distribution, which remained stable. The turnout was 69.5 percent, and the result is the result of 455 electoral districts, some of which were repeated after the Federal Constitutional Court ordered a repetition due to organizational breakdowns in the first round of the election in 2021. Even if the majority relationships in the Bundestag have not changed, the process shows the urgency of an efficient election organization in Berlin, which will also be strengthened in the future by supporting the Federal Foreign Office.

The upcoming Bundestag election will be a test of official capacities in the capital, and the electoral list can only be requested from the beginning of February. As Bröchler noted: "If it had been this January date, we would have had a big problem." Fortunately, this early date was averted, which facilitates the preparations in the capital.