Apply for a postal vote
Source: BUS Rheinland-PfalzIf you have received a polling card but cannot or do not want to vote in your electoral district on election day, you can apply for postal voting documents. These contain the polling card.
The polling card will indicate where you can apply for postal voting documents.
If you are unable to use the designated polling station due to a disability, you can also apply for a polling card.
If you collect your polling card and postal voting documents in person from the city or municipal administration, you have the opportunity to cast your vote on the spot. The administration will ensure that you can mark your ballot paper unobserved and place it in the ballot paper envelope.
You can apply for your polling card as follows:
- You go to the city or municipal administration in person and collect your polling card there,
- You submit a written application - use the form on the back of the election notification,
- You apply for the polling card electronically, if your city or municipality offers such a procedure (online application, e-mail),
- You ask a representative who has your written authorization to collect the documents for you.
It is not possible to apply by telephone.
Information on the election procedure can be found in the public announcements in the municipality's publication organ. Information can be obtained from the local municipal or city administrations.
- You are eligible to vote in the relevant election and are entered in the electoral roll.
- If you are applying on behalf of another person: You must submit a written power of attorney.
- Provide personal data (name, date of birth, address)
- Written authorization if a third person is to submit the application for you or receive your documents
There are no costs.
You will receive your polling card at least 3 weeks before election day. If you have not received it in time, please contact your city or municipal administration.
As a rule, you must have applied for a polling card no later than two days before election day at 6.00 pm.
The postal voting documents must be received by the municipality by 6 p.m. on election day at the latest.
If you have applied for a polling card but never received it, you can obtain a new polling card up to 12:00 noon on the day before election day. To do this, contact your city or municipal administration.
- § Section 17 (2) of the Federal Elections Act (BWahlG)
- § Section 25 Federal Election Ordinance (BWO)
- § Section 27 Federal Election Ordinance (BWO)
- § Section 28 of the Federal Electoral Regulations (BWO)
- § Section 29 Federal Electoral Regulations (BWO)
- § Section 31 of the Federal Electoral Regulations (BWO)
- § Section 36 of the Federal Election Act (BWahlG)
- Objection
- Further information on how to lodge an objection can be found in the rejection of your application for a polling card
Forms available:
Written form required: Yes
Informal application possible:
Personal appearance required:
Online services available: Partially
You apply for a polling card at the office indicated on the polling card. Another person can submit the application on your behalf or receive your documents if you authorize them in writing.
If you are unable to cast your postal vote on your own due to a physical impairment or literacy problems, another person may help you. Your helper must
- be at least 16 years old and
- confirm in lieu of an oath that the ballot paper has been marked in accordance with your declared wishes.
Further information on this topic can be found on the website of the Rhineland-Palatinate state electoral officer.
11.10.2022
Your responsible office:
Verbandsgemeinde Lingenfeld - Wahlamt
On our homepage at www.vg-lingenfeld.de we have provided all the important information about voting rights and how to apply for a polling card and postal voting documents. There you also have the option of applying online for a polling card and postal voting documents.
Visitor address
67360 Lingenfeld
Contact
Telephone
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Website
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Mondays and Tuesdays
08:00 to 12:00 and
14:00 to 16:00
Wednesdays (service day)
08:00 to 12:30 and
14:00 to 18:00
Thursdays
08:00 to 12:00
closed in the afternoon
Fridays (service lunchtime)
08:00 to 13:00
Remark:
- Conducting elections
- Implementation of referendums and plebiscites
Contact person
Address
67360 Lingenfeld
Remark:
Building: Main building
Visitor address
67360 Lingenfeld
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
Visitor address
67360 Lingenfeld
Address
67360 Lingenfeld
Remark:
Building: Main building
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Address
67360 Lingenfeld
Remark:
Building: Main building
Visitor address
67360 Lingenfeld
Telephone
Fax
Website
Responsible for:
Address
67360 Lingenfeld
Remark:
Building: Main building
Visitor address
67360 Lingenfeld
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Responsible for:
Address
67360 Lingenfeld
Remark:
Building: Main building
Visitor address
67360 Lingenfeld
Telephone
Fax
Website
room
Address
67360 Lingenfeld
Remark:
Building: Main building
Visitor address
67360 Lingenfeld
Telephone
Fax
Website
Position
room
Responsible for:
- Lingenfeld:
- Apply for a postal vote
- Bank account
- Certificate of voting rights
- Determine eligibility for election to the district council
- Determine the result of the European elections
- Elections
- Eligible persons for the European elections
- Engage an election assistant
- Exclusion from European elections
- Having the electoral roll for the European elections corrected
- Hold European elections
- Mayoral election: Enter Union citizens in the voters' register
- Registering on the electoral roll as a German after returning from abroad for the European elections
- View the electoral roll for the European elections
- be entered in the electoral roll for the European elections as a German living abroad or as a German living abroad
- be registered or have themselves registered on the electoral roll for the European elections as a German resident in Germany
- register on the electoral roll for the European elections as a citizen of the Union
Address
67360 Lingenfeld
Remark:
Building: Main building
Visitor address
67360 Lingenfeld
Telephone
Fax
Website
Position
room
Address
67360 Lingenfeld
Remark:
Building: Main building
Visitor address
67360 Lingenfeld