Schwandorf and Dresden: Double challenge in new elections 2025!
Schwandorf and Dresden: Double challenge in new elections 2025!
Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved the Bundestag after Christmas, which drives the preparations for the upcoming new elections. The new elections are scheduled for February 23, 2025. In Schwandorf, the election preparations are already in full swing, where a total of 21,121 voters are called to the urns.
24 urn and 15 postal voting districts are available for the vote. In order to ensure a smooth process, over 350 election workers are required, many of which have already had experience from previous elections. New election workers are welcome and interested parties can apply by email or via the urban website. Georg Birzer from the election office points out challenges in postal voting, since the ballot papers are expected to be sent until the beginning of February. Voters are encouraged to coordinate in the polling station if this is possible. Postal voting documents can be picked up in the town hall or handed over there.
organizational challenges in Dresden
There are also challenges in Dresden, where other framework conditions apply to the early Bundestag election on February 23, 2025. Those responsible have around six months less time to prepare for election, which is made more difficult by the winter holidays, since many voters and election workers are on the road during this time. In particular, planning and preparing the postal voting documents requires special attention. The ballot papers must be defined before the print production, and the election documents must be provided and sent in good time after printing.The mayor Jan Pratzka asked the Dresden citizens to apply for postal voting documents only by post if this is absolutely necessary. In addition, 5,600 volunteers and 600 employees of the city are required for the elections in Dresden. So far, 5100 Dresdeners have already made available. The reason for the early new elections was that Member of the Bundestag did not pronounced the Chancellor Olaf Scholz after he asked the question of trust on December 11, 2024.
Mayor Andreas Feller sees the early Bundestag election as an organizational effort, but is confident that the process on February 23 will be smooth, as Oberpfalzecho.de The challenges in the run-up to the election in Dresden were also discussed, such as Radiiodesden.de reported.
-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien
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