Information on the OB run-off election on October 15

Voters who voted at the polling station received their polling card back directly when they cast their vote. This should be taken back to the polling station for the run-off election on October 15. Citizens who did not vote on September 24 but wish to cast their vote in the run-off election should bring their previously sent polling card with them to the run-off election. People who become eligible to vote between the two election dates will receive a polling card from the city for the run-off election. You should also take your identity card or passport with you to the polling station.

Yes, if you no longer have your polling card, you can still go to the polling station to vote. You will need to bring your identity card or passport.

Anyone who applied for postal voting documents for both the election on September 24 and the run-off election on October 15 will now automatically receive the documents for the run-off election. Otherwise, the postal voting documents for October 15 would have to be applied for again. From October 11, it will only be possible to apply in person: at the citizens' office at Herrenstraße 15 or at the respective local administration offices. The last opportunity to apply for postal voting documents is on October 13, until 6 pm, at the citizens' office.

The last opportunity to apply for postal voting documents is on Friday, October 13, 6 p.m., at the Bürgerbüro, Herrenstraße 15. On Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 11:45 a.m., only replacement ballot papers can be issued if the ballot paper already applied for has not yet been delivered.

Yes, so that blind and visually impaired citizens can cast their vote without assistance on October 15, ballot paper templates will be sent free of charge to all recipients of state aid for the blind in Rastatt. In addition, a ballot paper template will be provided at each polling station. In addition, new ballot paper templates will also be made available at each polling station for the run-off election.

Questions about eligibility to vote, postal voting and accessibility can be answered by the staff at the Citizens' Office by telephone on 07222 972-7114 and 07222 972-7118 or by e-mail to buergerbuero@rastatt.de.

Personal appointments to apply for postal voting documents are possible at the Citizens' Office: Monday and Tuesday from 8 am to 12 noon and from 2 pm to 4 pm, Wednesday from 8 am to 12 noon and from 2 pm to 6 pm and Fridays from 8 am to 12.15 pm. Postal votes can also be applied for at the local administration offices during the respective opening hours.

Immediately after the polling stations close at 6 p.m., the respective polling districts and postal voting districts will be counted and the election results determined. The municipal electoral committee will meet publicly from 6.30 pm in the council chamber of the historic town hall. All results of the electoral districts will be checked and the overall result will be determined.

Yes, the counting of votes in the polling stations is public, as is the meeting of the municipal election committee in the historic town hall to determine the overall result.

The results from the individual constituencies will be continuously displayed on the city of Rastatt's website at www.rastatt.de from 6 pm. The city administration expects the first provisional results from 7 pm. The official election results will be available at around 8.30 pm after the municipal election committee has checked all the election results.

The provisional and finally the official result will be shown on a large screen on the market square at the entrance to the historic town hall. Experience has shown that citizens and supporters of the Lord Mayor candidate will gather in the town hall and on the market square to witness the announcement of the election results live.

Mayor Hans Jürgen Pütsch, as Chairman of the Municipal Election Committee, announces the official election results in the Council Chamber. Afterwards, Mayor Pütsch, the future mayor and the other candidates will appear on the market square. The town band will play there to congratulate them.