There are several options for applying for postal voting before the state election in Rhineland-Palatinate.
The deadline for the return is important.
Mainz - Visiting the polling station is not mandatory.
In the
state elections
in
Rhineland-Palatinate in
2021, you can
simply use postal voting.
If the situation in the corona pandemic worsens, it could even be the only option for some eligible voters to cast their votes.
Who can apply for postal votes in the state election in Rhineland-Palatinate?
Anyone in Rhineland-Palatinate can
apply for a
postal vote
without giving reasons
.
So it doesn't matter whether you are prevented from voting on election day or just prefer to cast your vote from home.
So many
postal voting documents were
printed
for the 2021 state election
that the entire state could be supplied with them.
With this, Rhineland-Palatinate wants to ensure in the corona pandemic that the state election can take place under all conditions.
How does the application for postal voting work in the RLP state election?
In principle, it is envisaged that the
voter cast
his vote in a
polling station
.
With the
voting
notification
, the voter receives the information in which
voting room
he is allowed to cast his vote.
If you want to vote at a different location, you have to submit an application.
The same applies to postal voting.
It can be requested in several ways.
The voter can fill out the back of the voting notification for the RLP state election 2021 and send it to the address indicated there.
The municipality's administration will then send him the documents for the postal vote.
Alternatively, the
application can
also be made by email or by appearing in person.
Regardless of whether voters decide to go to the polling station or to vote by post, the
ballot papers
for the state elections in Rhineland-Palatinate are always the same.
The deadline for
returning
the documents is important.
Only
election letters
that arrive by 6 p.m. on election Sunday will be counted.
The regional returning officer recommends sending the election letter by Wednesday 10 March at the latest.
Because of Corona: Will you be required to vote by post in the 2021 state elections?
The
state parliament
of Rhineland-Palatinate reacted to the corona pandemic in the run-up to the election.
There is now the possibility that
the state elections
for individual
constituencies
or
constituencies
can only take place as postal votes.
On the other hand, there is no law that allows the state elections to be converted to postal votes across the board.
The hurdles are also very high at the level of the constituencies and constituencies.
The
State Returning Officer
explains that such measures cannot be justified by referring to individual figures.
Rather, a situation must be achieved in which public life is largely paralyzed.
An example of this would be curfews in the affected areas.
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