Vienna chooses: Cultural institutions demand great turnout!

Vienna chooses: Cultural institutions demand great turnout!

The Viennese elections take place on April 27, 2025. On the occasion of this event, cultural institutions in Vienna started an urgent call to strengthen democracy and encourage citizens to participate in the election. According to ots.at, more than a third of the Viennese are not entitled to vote because they are not Austrian citizens: inside. This leads to an appeal to the citizens who are entitled to vote: to give up their vote and to send a strong sign of democracy.

Cultural institutions play a central role as places of democratic discourse and encounter. Supporters of the call are well -known institutions such as Albertina, the Belvedere, the Burgtheater, the Jungle Vienna, the Film Museum Vienna, the Kunsthalle Vienna, the Leopold Museum, the Mumok, the Music Theater at Vienna, the Volksoper, the Vienna State Opera and many more. This initiative was launched by the Viennese festival weeks.

Value right in Austria

The right to vote is a fundamental element of democracy in Austria. It refers to the right to participate in political elections. The introduction of general voting law in Austria in 1907 for men and 1918 for women. There are different election types such as Chamber of Workers, works council elections and university students: interior elections, all of which are under the active right to vote.

The active voting right in Vienna enables all persons entitled to vote to make their vote. Austrian citizens can be selected: inside that have reached the minimum age of 16 and are not excluded. It is important to emphasize that not Austrian EU citizens in Vienna can participate in district representative elections, but not in municipal and state elections, which can affect the decision to vote for many. The [Austria.gv.at] (https://www.oesterreich.gv.at/themen/transportzipzipation_in_democracy/ Democracy and Wahlen/1/Se.320210.html) reports that participation in referendums and citizens' initiatives is also part of the active voting right.

Elective obligation and participation

In Austria there is no obligation to participate in elections. Everyone decides whether they go to the election or not what the citizen: inside is freedom to act at their own discretion. Before elections, voters receive official election information in their main residence in order to find out more about the election procedures.

Although the exclusion of the right to vote is possible in certain cases by a judicial decision, the majority of the population entitled to vote remains actively involved in the democratic process. The upcoming elections in Vienna are a way to defend and promote the basic values ​​of democracy, and all citizens entitled to vote are called up to give their vote.