Voting Process - The deadline for mail-in voting in the European elections is fast approaching.
There are just a few days left to submit your mail-in ballots for the European election taking place this Sunday (9th June). Electoral Commissioner Monika Wissmann encourages mail-in voters to send their envelopes as soon as possible on Tuesday. To be considered during the counting process, ballots need to reach the municipalities by 6 pm on Sunday. Therefore, mail the ballots by Wednesday, Wissmann advised.
People who haven't sent their ballots in time can still hand-deliver them to their home municipality by Sunday at 6 pm. Additionally, those wishing to vote by mail can request the necessary documents from their local election office until Friday at 6 pm. The election office will instantly provide the documents, and the mail-in voting can be completed on the spot.
Wissmann once again elaborated on the mail-in voting process: Only the filled-out ballot paper goes into the white ballot envelope. After sealing the white envelope, it along with the personally signed voting slip is placed in the red mail-in voting envelope. In the federal territory, sending the red mail-in voting envelope back to the election office through Deutsche Post is free of charge.
An astonishing 13.8 million people in North Rhine-Westphalia are eligible to vote in the European election. This year, 16- and 17-year-olds are included in the democratic process for the first time, comprising approximately 305,000 young people.
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- If you reside in North Rhine-Westphalia and are eligible for the upcoming European elections, you can submit a postal vote until 6 pm on Wednesday, as advised by Electoral Commissioner Monika Wissmann.
- The European elections taking place on Sunday, 9th June, offer eligible voters in North Rhine-Westphalia, including 16- and 17-year-olds for the first time, the opportunity to cast their vote by mail.
- With the deadline for mail-in voting approaching for the European elections in North Rhine-Westphalia in Düsseldorf and other municipalities, election offices encourage voters to send their envelopes with completed ballot papers by Wednesday at the latest.
- The EU elections occurring on a Sunday require all mail-in ballots to be received by the municipalities by 6 pm on Sunday, ensuring that citizens who reside in North Rhine-Westphalia can participate in the democratic process through postal voting.
