BerlinWahl Another mishap Postal ballot documents sent twice

On February 12, there was yet another breakdown in the planning for the upcoming repeat elections for the Berlin House of Representatives. According to a district spokeswoman who responded to a request, postal voting documents were sent twice in 49 instances in the Treptow-Köpenick district.

An error in the software is the cause. The office was informed of the error by citizens, according to the information.

New ballots had been distributed after it was determined that the contested ballots were invalid. Prior to this, the "BZ" had reported.

"Voting slips have numbers on them. The spokeswoman clarified that each number is only assigned once.

The ballot papers are initially examined for validity prior to the postal voting documents being counted. Because of this, invalid ballots are sorted out and placed on a warning list.

There have been a few minor issues in recent weeks that have come to light. An FDP candidate who had relocated outside of Berlin received the first vote in the Neukölln 2 constituency, for instance.

There should be a letter sent to the nearly 1700 previous postal voters in the constituency informing them that the votes cast for him in the postal vote were invalid. Additionally, notices for the district assembly's reelection had the wrong date printed on them.

Iris Spranger (SPD), a senator for the interior, emphasized that the mistakes that are currently being made in the production or delivery of election notices and postal voting documents are "all isolated cases, smaller isolated cases.". She promised that all of these incidents would be resolved on Monday in the House of Representatives Interior Committee.

It is inappropriate to place blame on others. The districts would handle it with extreme tact.

State returning officer for Berlin calls for increased authority Stephan Bröchler, the state returning officer for Berlin, recently stated that with nearly 2.5 million voters and documents, minor errors cannot be completely avoided. They must be quickly fixed in order to be effective.

He demanded that his authority be given more authority in preparation for future elections. The structures required for future processes to run smoothly are still a long way off, according to Bröchler in the interior committee.

To successfully organize the 2024 European elections, the 2025 federal elections, and the 2026 parliamentary elections, additional access rights and specific changes are required. The twelve Berlin districts have largely been in charge of organizing the elections up until this point.

The state returning officer needs specific authority to give instructions, the office must coordinate the work of the districts, permanent district election offices must be established, and some regulatory loopholes should also be closed, according to Bröchler, who also identified four areas of action. The elections for the House of Representatives and district assemblies scheduled for September 2021 must be redone, according to a decision by the Berlin Constitutional Court.

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The elections for the House of Representatives and district assemblies scheduled for September 2021 must be redone, according to a decision by the Berlin Constitutional Court. WELT produces a daily news podcast called "Kick-off Politics.".

Dates of the day and the most significant topic as determined by WELT editors. On Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or directly through the RSS feed, you can subscribe to the podcast.

Additionally, there are some gaps in the regulations that need to be filled. The elections for the House of Representatives and district assemblies scheduled for September 2021 must be redone, according to a decision by the Berlin Constitutional Court.

WELT produces a daily news podcast called "Kick-off Politics.". Dates of the day and the most significant topic as determined by WELT editors.

On Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or directly through the RSS feed, you can subscribe to the podcast. Dates of the day and the most significant topic as determined by WELT editors.

On Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or directly through the RSS feed, you can subscribe to the podcast. Dates of the day and the most significant topic as determined by WELT editors.

On Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or directly through the RSS feed, you can subscribe to the podcast.

The state returning officer needs specific authority to give instructions, the office must coordinate the work of the districts, permanent district election offices must be established, and some regulatory loopholes should also be closed, according to Bröchler, who also identified four areas of action.