Bundesportal | Voters' register for the European election Registration of Germans living in Germany

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Publisher

Hesse

Last update or date of publication

October 11, 2021

Contact

The government service telephone number 115 – your point of contact for questions related to the federal, state and local.

Monday through Friday from 8:00 to 18:00 (and beyond these times in some regions).

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Government service telephone number calls are charged at local rates.

If you live in Germany as a German and would like to take part in the European elections, you must first be entered in the voters' register or have a polling card. Entry in the voters' register is either automatic ex officio or you must submit an application for this.

An application for entry in the voters' register must be submitted in writing no later than 21 days before the election. He must

Surnames
the first names,
the date of birth,
contain the exact address.
The application must also be signed personally and by hand.

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Preconditions

German voters are entered ex officio in the voters' register if, on the 42nd day before the election,

for one dwelling, in the case of several dwellings, for their main residence,
- as a captain or
- as a crew member of a seagoing vessel flying the German flag, or
- as an inland waterway skipper of an inland waterway vessel entered in the German shipping register, or
- for a prison or similar institution in Germany

are reported.

Upon request, German voters will be added to the voters' register,
If you

habitually reside in the Federal Republic of Germany without occupying a dwelling, or
are in a prison without an ex officio registration.

Hints

For more information on elections, see

Elections in Hesse

There are no fees.

Basis for legal action

§ 15 European Electoral Regulations (EuWO)

§ 16 European Electoral Regulations (EuWO)

§ 17 European Electoral Regulations (EuWO)

§ 21 European Electoral Regulations (EuWO)

Procedure

If you can only be entered on the voters' register upon application, you will be entered as follows:

You submit a written application to the municipality responsible for you no later than the 21st day before the election.
The authority decides on the application and sends a voter's notification or a negative decision.

Deadlines

The application for entry on the voters' register must be submitted in writing to the competent authority no later than 21 days before the election.

Processing time

about 2 weeks

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