Corona-Hammer in Munich: Carrying out the local election “at acute risk”? Teachers are compulsory

Corona hammer shortly before the local election. Since the implementation of the election is "acutely endangered", the city of Munich is now taking drastic measures.

• Corona hammer shortly before the local election.
• The city is running out of election workers because of the corona crisis.
• According to a regulation, teachers are “compulsory”.

Munich - Hammer shortly before the local elections in Bavaria . When counting the postal vote, Munich's teachers have to answer. "Due to the current development in the matter of the corona virus *, we get a lot of feedback and also cancellations by election workers," the city said on Saturday afternoon (March 14). Help is now urgently needed to ensure that polling stations open properly. "We urgently need your support," said the city's official portal.

Election hammer because of Corona: teachers in Munich are "compulsory"

The same day, more precisely in the evening, then the "obligation" of the teachers. An official decree reads: "All civil servants of the teaching service of the state capital Munich are obliged to take over the post of election board for the local elections on March 15, 2020."

Teachers for local elections in Munich "compulsory" - there are only a few exceptions

Only school principals, "members of the counseling and crisis team in general education schools" and persons who have been in a Corona risk area in the past two weeks are exempt from the order.

Oops! City of Munich is extremely afraid of local elections. "Implementation is at acute risk" because numerous election workers fail due to #Corona virus. Urban teachers forcibly moved in spontaneously. pic.twitter.com/Faq8htXNwm

According to the announcement, the obliged civil servants had to be at the Munich exhibition center from 3 p.m. onwards. The far-reaching measure is justified as follows: “Due to the corona epidemic , numerous election workers have failed. The proper implementation and counting of the municipal elections on March 15, 2020 in the area of ​​the state capital Munich is therefore in acute danger. In the public interest of the state capital Munich, the arrangement of the secondary activity is therefore imperative. "

Munich: Local Election "Acutely Endangered"? KVR comments

Shortly afterwards, the district administration department (KVR) made it clear that the election was in no way endangered. The following is the statement by press spokesman Johannes Mayer : "We are significantly above the minimum legal requirements for the number of election helpers. Post-recruitment took place today due to cancellations by election workers and election workers. Today's recruiting serves to ensure that there are sufficient default reserves and buffers. "

All information about local elections in Munich can be found in our ticker. 13 challengers compete against Mayor Dieter Reiter. *

* Merkur.de is part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.