European Electoral Regulations (EuWO)

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Date of completion: 27.07.1988

Full quote:

" European Electoral Regulations in the version of the Notice of 2 May 1994 (BGBl. 957), as last amended by Article 1 of the Regulation of 16 December 2013 (BGBl I). 4335).

Status:	New by Bek. v. 2.5.1994 I 957;
	Last amended by Art. 1 V v. 16.12.2013 I 4335
Indirect change by Art. 1 No. 3 G v. 20.11.2014 I 1738 is taken into account

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Footnote

(+ + + Text evidence from: 19.8.1988 + + +) 
(+ + + Official note from the norm-provider on EC law:   
 Implementation of the   
 EURL 1/2013 (CELEX Nr: 32013L0001) + + +) 

  

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Content Summary

First section
	Electoral bodies (§ § 1 to 11)
§ 1			Federal Returning Officer
§ 2			Country Returning Officer
§ 3			District and city returning officers
§ 4			Formation of electoral committees
§ 5			Activities of the electoral committees
§ 6			Head of the electoral and electoral presitias
§ 7			Postal ballot box and postal ballot
§ 8			Mobile Election Council
§ 9			Honorary Offices
§ 10			Outsourcing rate for holders of Wahlämtern, refreshment allowance
§ 11			Fines
Second section
	Preparation of the election (§ § 12 to 41)
		First subsection
			Constituency
§ 12			General electoral districts
§ 13			Special electoral districts
		Second subsection
			Selector Directory
§ 14			Guide to the voters ' directory
§ 15			Registration of voters entitled to vote in the voters ' register
§ 16			Responsibilities for the registration of eligible Germans in the voters ' register
§ 17			Procedures for the registration of eligible Germans in the voters ' register on request
§ 17a			Registration of EU citizens entitled to vote, responsibilities and procedures for registration in the voters ' register
Section 17b			Registration of Union citizens entitled to vote in the register of voters of the European Union
§ 18			Notification of eligible voters
§ 19			Notice on the right of access to the voters ' register, on the issuing of voting certificates and on the conditions and arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote of Union citizens
§ 20			View to the voters ' directory
Section 21			Objection to the voters ' register and complaint
Section 22			Rectification of the voters ' register
Section 23			Voter List Completion
		Third Subsection
			Ballot
§ 24			Conditions for the issuing of voting certificates
Section 25			Competent authority, form of polling
Section 26			Election requests
§ 27			Issuing of voting certificates
§ 28			Issuing of voting certificates to certain categories of persons
§ 29			Note in the voters ' register
§ 30			Objection to the failure of the electoral code and complaint
		Fourth subsection
			Election proposals, ballot papers
Section 31			Call for nominations
Section 32			Content and form of election proposals
§ 33			Pre-examination of nominations
Section 34			Approval of nominations
§ 35			Appeal against decisions of the Federal Electoral Committee
§ 36			Exclusion from the connection of election proposals
Section 37			Announcement of nominations
§ 38			Ballot papers, envelopes for postal ballot
		Fifth Subsection
			Electoral Rooms, Election Time
§ 39			Elective spaces
§ 40			Election time
Section 41			Election announcement of the municipal authority
Third Section
	Election act (§ § 42 to 59)
		First subsection
			General provisions
§ 42			Equipment of the electoral board
Section 43			Electoral cabins
Section 44			Ballot box
§ 45			Optional
Section 46			Opening of the electoral process
§ 47			Public
§ 48			Order in the electoral area
§ 49			Voting
§ 50			Voting by disabled voters
Section 51			(dropped)
Section 52			Voting by holders of a polling card
Section 53			Conclusion of the ballot
		Second subsection
			Special arrangements
§ 54			Election in special constituencies
§ 55			Voting in smaller hospitals and smaller old-or nursing homes
§ 56			Voting in monasteries
Section 57			Voting in social-therapeutic institutions and prisons
Section 58			(dropped)
§ 59			Postal ballot
Fourth Section
	Determination and determination of the election results (§ § 60 to 74)
§ 60			Identification and determination of the election result in the electoral district
Section 61			Counting of voters
Section 62			Counting of votes
§ 63			Announcement of the election result
Section 64			Rapid reports, preliminary election results
Section 65			Electoral Address
Section 66			Handing over and custody of the electoral documents
Section 67			Treatment of postal ballot letters, preparation of the determination and determination of the result of the postal ballot
Section 68			Approval of the postal ballot letters, identification and determination of the results of the postal ballot
Section 69			Determination and determination of the election results in the district or in the district-free city
Section 70			Identification and determination of the results of the election in the country
Section 71			Final determination and determination of the outcome of the election in the electoral area
Section 72			Announcement of final election results
Section 73			Notification of the selected candidates
Section 74			Verification of the election by the Land returning officers and the Federal Returning Officer
Fifth Section
	Re-election, re-election, appointment of list successor (§ § 75 to 77)
§ 75			Post-election
Section 76			Repeat choice
Section 77			Appointment of list followers
Sixth Section
	Transitional and final provisions (§ § 78 to 88)
Section 78			(dropped)
Section 78a			Examination of the eligibility of German applicants in other Member States
§ 79			Public announcements
§ 80			Deliveries, insurance on oath
§ 81			Procurement of ballot papers and pre-forms
Section 82			Securing the electoral documents
Section 83			Destruction of electoral documents
Section 84			(dropped)
§ 85			City State Clause
§ 86			Proof of non-exclusion from eligibility
Section 87			Transitional arrangements for the election to 4. European Parliament
Section 88			(Entry Into Force, External Force)
Annex *)
Appendix 1
(on § 17 (2))
(dropped)
Appendix 2
(on § 17 (5))
Application for entry in the voters ' register of eligible Germans living outside the Federal Republic of Germany, as well as insurance on oath instead of-first and second-edition-
Appendix 2A
(to § 17a (2))
Application for registration in the voters ' register for citizens of the Union as well as insurance on oath
Appendix 2B
(to § 17a (5))
Common form for the exchange of information between Member States
Appendix 2C
(to section 17b (2))
Request for EU citizens not to be listed in the voters ' register
Appendix 3
(to § 18 (1))
Election Notification
Appendix 4
(to § 18 (2))
Election note request
Appendix 5
(on § 19 (1))
Publication of the municipal authority on the right of access to the voters ' register and to the issuing of voting certificates
Appendix 6
(on § 19 (2))
Announcement of the representations of the Federal Republic of Germany abroad for Germans at election to the European Parliament
Appendix 6A
(on § 19 (3))
Announcement by the Federal Government or the district or city returning officer for nationals of the other Member States of the European Union (EU citizens) and of the candidate countries for election to the European Parliament in the Federal Republic of Germany
Appendix 7
(on § 23 (1))
Appraisal of the closure of the voters ' register by the municipal authority
Appendix 8
(on § 25)
Polling card
Appendix 9
(to § 27 (3) and § 38 (3))
Ballot paper envelope for the postal ballot-front and back side-
Appendix 10
(to § 27 (3) and § 38 (4))
Ballot letter envelope-front and back side-
Appendix 11
(to § 27 (3))
Leaflet for the postal ballot-Front and rear side-
Appendix 12
(to § 32 (1))
List for a country
Appendix 13
(to § 32 (1))
Common list for all countries
Appendix 14
(to § 32 (3))
Form for a supporting document and a certificate of the right to vote
Appendix 14A
(to § 32 (3))
Insurance on oath instead of proof of the right to vote of a Union citizen for submission to the municipal authority (certificate of the right to vote for signatures)
Appendix 15
(to § 32 (4) (1))
Declaration of consent with the insurance of Eides instead of application in other Member States of the European Union and membership of parties or other political associations of applicants and substitute candidates of an election proposal
Appendix 16
(on § 32 (4) (2))
Certificate of eligibility for Germans
Appendix 16A
(to § 32 (4) (2a))
Certificate of residence/other habitual residence and of non-exclusion from eligibility for Union citizens
Appendix 16B
(to § 32 (4) (2b))
Insurance in lieu of a Union citizen pursuant to Article 11 (2) sentence 1 (1) (c) of the European Elections Act-First and two-time production-
Appendix 16C (dropped)
Appendix 17
(to § 32 (4) (3))
Minutes of the members/representatives ' meeting on the list of candidates and substitute candidates for the list for a country
Appendix 18
(to § 32 (4) (3))
Record of the members/representatives ' meeting on the list of candidates and substitute candidates for the common list for all countries
Appendix 19
(to § 32 (4) (3))
Insurance on Eides instead of listing the list applicants and substitute candidates
Appendix 20
(to § 34 (6) and (8))
Minutes of the meeting of the Land Electoral Committee/Federal Electoral Committee to decide on the approval of the nominations submitted
Appendix 21
(to § 36 (1))
Declaration on the exclusion from the connection of nominations
Appendix 22
(to § 27 (3) and § 38 (1))
Ballot paper
Appendix 23
(to § 41 (1))
Election announcement of the municipal authority
Appendix 24
(to § 64 (7), § 68 (4))
Quick report on the outcome of the election
Appendix 25
(on § 65 (1))
Ballot box (ballot box)
Appendix 26
(Section 65 (3), § 68 (6), § 69 (1) and (4), § 70 (1) and (4) and 71 (1))
Compilation of the final results of the election
Appendix 27
(on § 68 (5))
Postal ballot (postal ballot)
Appendix 28
(on § 69 (4))
A copy of the meeting of the constituency committee/city election committee for the determination and determination of the results of the elections in the district/district-free city
Appendix 29
(to § 70 (4))
Minutes of the meeting of the Land Electoral Committee to identify and determine the result of the election in the country
Appendix 30
(to § 71 (4))
Reference to the meeting of the Federal Electoral Committee for the determination and determination of the election result in the electoral area
Appendix 31
(to § 84 no. 3)
(dropped)

First section
Electoral bodies

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§ 1 Federal Returning Officer

(1) The Federal Returning Officer and his deputy shall be appointed for an indefinite period of time. The Federal Ministry of the Interior is making public the names of the Federal Returning Officer and his deputy as well as the addresses of their departments with telecommunications connections. (2) The Federal Returning Officer is the central office for the Federal Returning Officer. Exchange of information with other Member States of the European Union on the electoral participation and the election assessment of Germans in another Member State of the European Union and of Union citizens in Germany. Unofficial table of contents

§ 2 Land returning officer

The Land returning officer and his deputy shall be appointed for an indefinite period of time. The apposite authority shall inform the Federal Returning Officer of the names of the Land returning officer and his deputy, as well as the addresses of their departments with telecommunications connections, and make them publicly known. Unofficial table of contents

§ 3 District and city returning officers

(1) The district and town returning officers and their alternates shall be appointed before each election. At the latest, the appointment shall be made immediately after the date of the main election. The apposite authority shall inform the Land returning officer and the Federal Returning Officer of the names and addresses of their departments with telecommunications connections and shall make them public. (2) The district and town returning officers and their deputits shall inform them. shall also exercise their duties even after the main election, at the latest by the end of the parliamentary term. Unofficial table of contents

Section 4 Formation of electoral committees

(1) The Federal Returning Officer, the Land returning officer as well as the district and city returning officers shall immediately appoint the sitters of the electoral committees and, for each co-sitter, a deputy after the determination of the day of the main election. The co-sitters of the Land electoral committees and the councils of councils and town councils are to be appointed from the persons entitled to vote in the respective territory; they shall live as far as possible at the head of the election manager. (2) In the selection of the members of the electoral committees should, as a general rule, take due account of the number of eligible voters in the order of the number of votes won in the last election to the European Parliament in their respective territories, and shall propose in good time the number of votes they propose to (3) The Federal Returning Officer shall convene two judges of the Federal Administrative Court, the Land returning officers appointed per two judges of the Supreme Administrative Court of the country and one deputy each. The appointment shall be made on a proposal by the President of the Court of Justice. The provisions on the advisers of the electoral committees in § 11 paragraph 1 of the Federal Elections Act as well as in § § 5 and 10 of this Regulation apply accordingly. (4) The electoral committees also exist after the main election, at the latest until the end of the Election period. Unofficial table of contents

Section 5 Activities of the electoral committees

(1) The electoral committees shall be able to take decisions without regard to the number of members who have been published. (2) The Chairperson shall determine the place and time of the meetings. It invites the sitters to attend meetings and points out that the Committee is able to take decisions without regard to the number of co-sitters which have been published. The advisers should be given the opportunity to take note of the documents to be advised before the meeting. (3) The time, place and subject of the negotiations shall be made public. (4) The chairman shall appoint a secretary; this guide shall be (5) The Chairperson shall assign the Beisitzer and the Secretary of the Secretary to their obligation to exercise their duties impartially and to secrecy on their official duties (6) The Chairman shall be empowered to: disturb the calm and order, to refer to the meeting room. (7) Each session shall be written by the secretary of the document; it shall be signed by the chairman, by the co-sitters and by the secretary. Unofficial table of contents

§ 6 Election of the Electoral and Electoral Council

(1) Before each election, if possible from the voters of the congregation, for each constituency an electoral board and his deputy are appointed, in the case of § 39 para. 2, a number of electors and alternates. (2) The co-sitter of the The electoral board should be appointed as far as possible from the voters of the municipality, as far as possible, from the eligible voters of the electoral district. (3) The head of the electoral board and his deputy shall be appointed by the municipal authority before the start of the electoral process to fulfil their obligation to exercise their duties impartially and to impart their duties. on the secrecy of the matters which have been made known to them in their official activities. The members of the electoral board must not bear any visible signs of political conviction during their activities. (4) The head of the election appoints the secretary and his deputy from the consitters. If, according to Article 5 (3), first sentence of the European Elections Act, it is ordered that the members of the electoral board be appointed by the municipal authority, the latter may also appoint the secretary and his deputy. (5) The municipal authority has the following: to inform the members of the electoral board before the election of their duties in such a way that an orderly conduct of the electoral process as well as the determination and determination of the election result is secured. (6) The electoral board shall be held by the municipal authority. or convened by the electoral head on their behalf. He shall meet in the electoral area on the election day in good time before the start of the election period. (7) The electoral council shall ensure the proper implementation of the election. (8) During the course of the election, the head of the election and the secretary or their deputies must always be present as well as at least one member of the electoral board. All members of the electoral board shall be present in the determination and determination of the election result. (9) The electoral board shall be quorum if the electoral board and the secretary of the election or their deputies as well as during the ballot box office are held. at least one co-sitter, at least three co-sitters shall be present in the identification and determination of the results of the election. Missing members are to be replaced by the electoral board by persons entitled to vote, if it is necessary with regard to the decision-making capacity of the electoral board. They shall be referred by the electoral authority in accordance with paragraph 3 to their obligation to exercise their office impartially and to secrecy on matters which have become known to them in their official activities. (10) If necessary, the municipal authority has the necessary auxiliary staff available to the electoral board. Unofficial table of contents

Section 7 Postal ballot box and postal ballot

§ 6 shall apply mutatily to the postal ballot and postal ballot members with the following measures:

1.

In the formation of several postal ballot members according to § 5 (1) of the European Elections Act for a circle and for a district-free city, as well as in the formation of postal ballot stocks pursuant to § 5 (2) of the European Elections Act for individual or several municipalities of a The number of letters to be covered by a postal ballot may not be so small that it becomes apparent how individual persons entitled to vote have elected; at least 50 postal ballot letters are to be allocated to a postal ballot board.

2.

In order to be able to determine the outcome of the postal ballot on the election day, the state government or the body designated by it shall decide how many postal ballot members are to be formed in the event of an order pursuant to Section 5 (2) of the European Elections Act.

3.

If, within the framework of an order pursuant to Article 5 (2) of the European Elections Act, a postal ballot committee is formed for several municipalities, one of these municipalities shall be entrusted with the execution of the postal ballot.

4.

The members of the postal ballot board shall be appointed, if possible, from persons entitled to vote who are entitled to vote in the district or in the district-free city and who reside in the seat of the district or town returning officer, in the case of the formation of postal ballot board members for individual or for several municipalities of a circle, as far as possible, from the persons entitled to vote, who live in the respective municipalities.

5.

The district or town returning officer shall make public the place and time of the meeting of the postal ballot board, instructs the postal ballot head and his deputy to fulfil their obligations to perform their duties impartially and to the Secrecy on matters known to them in the course of their official activities, shall inform the Election Officer of his duties and shall convene him; the same shall apply in the case of the establishment of a number of postal ballot members for a Circle and for a circle-free city. Where postal ballot members are formed for one or more municipalities in a circle, the local authority or municipality responsible for this task shall carry out these tasks.

6.

A quorum shall be subject to quorum if the electoral board and the secretary of the letter or their deputies, as well as in the case of the admission or rejection of the ballot letters in accordance with § 68 (1) and (2), at least one co-sitter, in the investigation and At least three co-sitters shall be present in the postal ballot box in accordance with section 68 (3).

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§ 8 Mobile Electoral Council

In order to vote in smaller hospitals, small old or nursing homes, monasteries, social therapy institutions and prisons, it is necessary to provide for the formation of elective members of the electoral system in case of a corresponding need and as far as possible. The movable electoral board shall consist of the head of the electoral board of the relevant electoral district or his deputy and two co-chairs of the electoral board. However, the municipal authority may also instruct the movable electoral board of another constituency of the municipality to receive the ballot papers. Unofficial table of contents

§ 9 Honorary Offices

The acquisition of a Wahlehrenamtes can be rejected

1.

Members of the Federal Government or of a State Government and of a government comparable to that of one of the other Member States of the European Union,

2.

Members of the European Parliament, the German Bundestag, or a Landtag, and a Parliament in the other Member States of the European Union, which is comparable to the German Bundestag or a Land parliament,

3.

Persons entitled to vote, who shall vote the 65 on the election day. have completed their life year,

4.

Persons entitled to vote who make it credible that the care of their family makes it difficult for them to carry out their duties in a special way,

5.

Persons entitled to vote who make it credible that they are prevented from exercising the Office on a regular basis for urgent professional reasons or through illness or disability or for any other important reason.

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§ 10 swap rate for holders of wahlämtern, refreshment allowance

(1) Electoral leaders, co-sitters of the electoral committees and members of the electoral boards, if they become active outside their constituency, receive compensation for their necessary travel expenses in the appropriate application of § § 4 and 5 (1) of the Federal travel expenses law; if they take action outside their place of residence, they also receive daily and overnight allowances according to the Federal Travel Cost Act. (2) A refreshment allowance of EUR 21 each, which is to be calculated on a daily allowance under paragraph 1, may be granted to the members of the electoral committees for participation in a person appointed pursuant to § 5 Meeting and members of electoral board members for election day. Unofficial table of contents

§ 11 fines

Fines in accordance with § 4 of the European Elections Act in conjunction with Section 49a (1) No. 1 of the Federal Elections Act flow into the register of the congregation in which the person concerned is to be entered in the voters ' register, fines in accordance with § 4 of the European Elections Act in Connection with Section 49a (1) (2) of the Federal Elections Act to the Federal Office of the Federal Government.

Second section
Preparation of the election

First subsection
Constituency

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Section 12 General electoral districts

(1) Municipalities with no more than 2,500 inhabitants usually form an electoral district. Larger municipalities are divided into several constituencies. The municipal authority determines which constituencies are to be formed. (2) The electoral districts shall be demarcated according to local conditions in such a way as to facilitate the participation in the election as much as possible for all persons entitled to vote. No electoral district is supposed to comprise more than 2,500 residents. The number of persons entitled to vote in an electoral district must not be so small that it becomes apparent how individual persons entitled to vote have elected. (3) The persons entitled to vote in communal accommodation such as camps, accommodation of the Bundeswehr, the Federal Police or the police are to be distributed among several constituencies, according to fixed demarcation characteristics. The same applies to persons entitled to vote in accordance with § 6 (1) and (2) of the European Elections Act, if they are to be entered in the voters ' register of the district centre of Berlin in accordance with section 16 (2) no. 4. Unite municipalities of the same administrative district to an electoral district. In doing so, he determines which congregation carries out the election. Unofficial table of contents

Section 13 Special electoral districts

(1) For hospitals, homes for the elderly, homes for the elderly, nursing homes, recreational homes and similar facilities with a larger number of eligible voters who cannot visit an electoral area outside the institution, the municipal authority shall, (2) Several institutions may be combined to form a special electoral district. (3) If a special electoral district is not formed, § 8 shall apply mutatily.

Second subsection
Selector Directory

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Section 14 Guided tour of the voters ' register

(1) The municipal authority shall, before each election for each general electoral district (§ 12), submit a list of persons entitled to vote by family name and first name, date of birth and residence. The voters 'register can also be run in the automated procedure. (2) The voters' register is created under the serial number in the letter sequence of the surnames, with the same surnames of the first names. It can also be divided according to districts, streets and house numbers. It contains a column for endorsements of the vote and for comments. (3) The municipal authority ensures that the documents for the voters ' registers are available at all times in such a way as to ensure that they are applied in time before elections. (4) If a constituency consists of several municipalities or parts of several municipalities, each municipal authority shall submit the voters ' register for its part of the polling district. Unofficial table of contents

Section 15 Registration of Germans entitled to vote in the voters ' register

(1) All persons entitled to vote in the voters 'register shall be entered in the voters' register on their own account on the 35. Days before the election (deadline) are reported to the reporting authority

1.

for an apartment, for several apartments for their main apartment,

2.

as a master or crew member for a seagoing ship under the Law of the Flag Law (as amended by the Notice of 4 July 1990, BGBl. 1342), as amended, is entitled to lead the Federal flag (Section 4 of the European Elections Act, in conjunction with Section 12 (4) (1) of the Federal Elections Act),

3.

for an inland waterway vessel registered in a register of ships in the Federal Republic of Germany (Section 4 of the European Elections Act, in conjunction with Section 12 (4) (2) of the Federal Elections Act),

4.

for a law enforcement institution or the corresponding institution (Section 4 of the European Elections Act in conjunction with Section 12 (4) (3) of the Federal Elections Act).

(2) On request, persons entitled to vote shall be entered in the voters ' register

1.

in accordance with Section 6 (1) of the European Elections Act,

a)

(dropped)

b)

who, without an apartment, usually reside in the electoral area,

c)

who, in one of the other Member States of the European Union, have an apartment or are otherwise habituated,

d)

who are in a prison or equivalent institution and who are not to be entered in the voters ' register in accordance with paragraph 1 (4) of its own motion,

2.

in accordance with Section 6 (2) of the European Elections Act in conjunction with Section 12 (2) sentence 1 of the Federal Elections Act, which are not to be entered in the voters ' register in accordance with paragraph 1 (1) of the Federal Elections Act.

(3) A person entitled to vote, who is entered in the voters 'register in accordance with paragraph 1, shall submit his/her apartment and shall register for the voters' register before the beginning of the consultation period (Section 4 of the European Elections Act, in conjunction with Section 17 (1) sentence 2 of the European Elections Act). Federal Elections Act) shall be entered in the voters ' register of the municipality of the place of access only upon request. A person entitled to vote in the voters ' register as referred to in paragraph 1 and who registers for an apartment within the same municipality shall be registered in the electoral register of the polling district for which he was registered on the date of the deadline. The person entitled to vote is to be lecturing in sentences 1 and 2 when registering for the scheme. If the registration is made on request, the municipal authority of the place of access shall forthwith inform the municipal authority of the place of progress that passes to the person entitled to vote in its voters ' register. If, in the case of the first sentence, a communication on the exclusion of the right to vote is present or is subsequently received by the municipal authority of the continuing authority, it shall forthwith inform the municipal authority of the place of access, which shall inform the The person concerned shall be informed of the deletion. (4) For persons entitled to vote who are not registered for an apartment on the reporting date and who are entitled to the voters ' register before the beginning of the consultation period. in the case of the reporting authority for an apartment, paragraph 3, sentence 1 and 3, shall apply accordingly. (5) an eligible person who is entered in the voters ' register in accordance with paragraph 1, another congregation in another community who becomes his main residence, or relocating his main residence to another municipality, shall be deemed to be subject to the (6) Which of several dwellings of a person entitled to vote is his main residence, shall be determined in accordance with the rules of the reporting law. (7) Before a If the person is entered in the voters ' register, it is necessary to check whether the Pursuant to § 6 (1) of the European Elections Act or Section 6 (2) of the European Elections Act in conjunction with Section 12 (2) of the Federal Elections Act, or whether it is excluded from the right to vote in accordance with Section 6a (1) of the European Elections Act. The definition of the apartment and the calculation of the deadlines are determined in accordance with § 4 of the European Elections Act in conjunction with Section 12 (3) to (5) of the Federal Elections Act (Bundeswahlgesetz). If the registration in the voters 'register is made only on application, it must also be checked whether a request for a correct time and form is made. (8) If a municipal authority does not submit an application for registration, or if it passes into the voters' register. person, it shall inform the person concerned without delay. The person concerned shall be entitled to appeal against the decision; he shall be informed of this possibility. Section 21 (2), (4) and (5) shall apply accordingly. The time limit for the notification of the decision (§ 21 para. 4 sentence 1) and for the appeal decision (§ 21 para. 5 sentence 4) applies only if the objection has been filed before the twelfth day before the election. (9) The municipal authority has at the latest on to notify the head of the judicial authority in their district or of the institution referred to in paragraph 2 (1) (d) and the need to inform the persons concerned if, in accordance with the National legislation does not require a notification requirement for the persons holding up in the institutions (10) (omitted) Unofficial table of contents

Section 16 Respondents for the registration of Germans entitled to vote in the voters ' register

(1) In the case of registration in the voters ' register, the

1.

Section 15 (1) (1), the municipality in charge of the apartment, and in the case of several apartments the municipality responsible for the main apartment,

2.

Section 15 (1) (2), the municipality in charge of the seat of the shipowner,

3.

Section 15 (1) (3), the municipality responsible for the home town of the inland waterway,

4.

Section 15 (1) (4), the municipality responsible for the detention centre or the appropriate institution.

(2) In the case of registration in the voters ' register, the

1.

(dropped)

2.

Section 15 (2) (1) (b), the congregation in which the person entitled to vote makes his request,

3.

(dropped)

4.

Section 15 (2) (1) (c) and (2), the congregation in the Federal Republic of Germany, in which the person entitled to vote was last registered after his/her declaration from the electoral area; provided that the person entitled to vote has never been in favour of an apartment in the territory of the The district office in the middle of Berlin is responsible for the election area. The first half-sentence shall also apply to seafarers who have been sailing from the electoral territory on ships under a foreign flag and for inland waterway vessels whose vessel is not registered in a register of ships in the Federal Republic of Germany, and for the relatives of their household. The municipality at the seat of the former shipowner is responsible for seafarers who have been defied by a seagoing ship that was entitled to carry the flag of the Federal Republic and who, following the ship, are sailing under a foreign flag on a sea-ship. For inland waterway vessels which have last been carried on a inland waterway vessel registered in the Federal Republic of Germany and subsequently on an inland waterway vessel which is not in the register of ships in the Federal Republic of Germany , or on a seagoing ship under a foreign flag, the municipality shall be competent pursuant to paragraph 1 (3),

5.

Section 15 (2) (1) (d), the municipality responsible for the detention centre or the appropriate institution.

(3) In the case of registration in the voters ' register, the

1.

Section 15 (3), the municipality of the place of access,

2.

Section 15 (4), the congregation in which the person entitled to vote has registered for an apartment, in the case of several apartments for the main apartment,

3.

Section 15 (5) the municipality of the new main residence.

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§ 17 Procedure for the registration of eligible Germans in the voters ' register on request

(1) The application for entry in the voters ' register shall be made in writing at the latest by the 21. Days before the election to the competent municipal authority. It must contain the surname, the first name, the date of birth and the exact address of the person entitled to vote. Apart from the cases referred to in paragraph 5, requests for collection shall be admissible; they must be signed in person and in hand by all the persons entitled to vote listed. (2) (3) In the case of § 15 (2) (1) (b), persons entitled to vote are entitled to vote in the voters ' register of the congregation until the election day. , which is competent pursuant to Section 16 (2) No. 2, even if, after the application has been submitted, a new registration is made with another reporting authority in the electoral area. They are to be informed accordingly (4) (omitted) (5) In the cases of § 15 (2) (1) (c) and (2), the person entitled to vote in his application for registration in the voters ' register under Annex 2 of the municipal authority shall be entitled to to provide proof of his right to vote instead of proof of his/her right to vote and to declare that he does not take part in the election in any other Member State of the European Union and that he is not in any other municipality in the Electoral area has submitted an application for registration in the voters ' register. Forms and information sheets for the application can be requested from the diplomatic and professional consular offices of the Federal Republic of Germany abroad, the Federal Returning Officer as well as the district and town returning officers. If there are any doubts as to the applicant's information, the municipal authority must immediately inform the facts of the matter. The Federal Returning Officer shall be informed without delay of the entry in the voters ' register by sending the two-way copy of the application to Appendix 2. If the Federal Returning Officer receives notifications from various municipal authorities concerning the registration of the same applicant in the voters 'register, he shall have the municipal authority whose information on the entry in the register of voters is to be entered in the voters' register in accordance with the the first communication shall be notified without delay from the registration of the person entitled to vote in the register of voters of the municipality which is to be first notified. The municipal authority notified by the Federal Returning Officer has to delete and inform the voters of the voters ' register. (5a) The Federal Returning Officer shall keep the communications of other Member States of the European Union through the If a German is entered in a voters ' register there, he shall immediately inform the congregation in which the person entitled to vote held an apartment or otherwise has normally held an apartment after his/her declaration prior to his/her declaration of continuation. . The municipal authority shall refuse a request from the German to be entered in the voters 'register or remove it from the voters' register and inform it of it. The Federal Returning Officer shall compare the notifications received by the Federal Returning Officer in accordance with the first sentence with the two-copies sent pursuant to paragraph 5, sentence 4, and the subparagraphs referred to in the third sentence of paragraph 6, and shall have the municipal authority, in the voters ' register of the Persons entitled to vote are registered in the communications of other Member States of the European Union; the municipal authority has to proceed in accordance with the second sentence. (5b) The Federal Returning Officer shall receive requests from other Member States of the European Union with: the request, the information provided by a German in its formal declaration in the case of a of the application for registration in the voters ' register there shall be forwarded without delay to the congregation in which the person entitled to vote, after his declaration, was last occupied or otherwise had an apartment before he was given his declaration usually held up. If the person entitled to vote has never held an apartment in the electoral area or has otherwise usually held up, the Federal Returning Officer shall forward the questions to the district office in the centre of Berlin. The municipal authority must immediately check the information and inform the Federal Returning Officer of the information, which forwards it to the requesting body of the other Member State. (6) A point (b) of § 6 (1) (2) (b) of the European Elections Act for the first time in the electoral area or returns to the electoral area pursuant to section 6 (1) (2) (b) or § 6 (2) of the European Elections Act in conjunction with section 12 (2) sentence 1 of the Federal Electoral Act return and register there after the deadline, but before the beginning of the consultation period for the voters ' register in the case of an apartment, it shall be entered in the register of voters of the municipality of the place of access only on request and only if it has not yet submitted a request pursuant to paragraph 5 or in another Member State of the European Union, and Municipal authority has insured. The person entitled to vote is to be lecturing on this when registering. The municipal authority shall immediately inform the Federal Returning Officer of the registration of such a person entitled to vote in the voters ' register. Paragraph 5, sentences 5 and 6 shall apply accordingly. 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Section 17a Registration of EU citizens entitled to vote, responsibilities and procedures for entry in the voters ' register

(1) In accordance with Article 6 (3) of the European Elections Act, citizens entitled to vote are to be entered in the voters 'register on request, unless they are registered in accordance with § 17b of the Office of the voters. (2) The application for entry in the voters' register after installation 2A shall be in writing at the latest by the 21. Days before the election to the competent municipal authority. It must contain the surname, the first names, the date of birth and the place of birth, and must be signed in person and in hand. A disabled person entitled to vote may use the assistance of another person in this case; § 50 applies accordingly. (3) The person responsible for the registration in the voters ' register shall be entitled to

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for the apartment, in the case of several apartments, the municipality in charge of the main apartment,

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in the case of the existence of a contract of attack, hating or training as a master or crew member for a seagoing ship which is subject to the flag law (in the version of the notice of 4 July 1990, BGBl. 1342), as amended, is entitled to lead the Federal flag (Section 4 of the European Elections Act in conjunction with Section 12 (4) (1) of the Federal Elections Act), the municipality in charge of the seat of the shipowner,

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for the inland waterway vessel of a vessel registered in a register of ships in the Federal Republic of Germany and for the nationals of its domestic state the municipality responsible for the place of hometown of the inland waterway;

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Persons who are in detention for the purposes of the enforcement of detention and for other persons the municipality responsible for the institution of the law enforcement or the institution concerned,

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in the case of other habitual residence, the municipality in which the citizen of the Union requests his application.

(4) The citizen of the Union shall, in his application for registration in the register of voters of the municipal authority, provide proof of his/her right to vote in lieu of proof of his/her right to take out an insurance. The subject of the insurance on Eides is a statement

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on his nationality,

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about his addresses in the Federal Republic of Germany,

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on the local authority or constituency of the Member State of origin, in whose voters ' register it was last registered, if any,

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that he will exercise his right to vote only in the Federal Republic of Germany,

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that he is not excluded from the right to vote in the Member State of origin; and

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that he or she has had an apartment or otherwise habituated for at least three months in the Federal Republic of Germany or in another Member State of the European Union on the election day.

Where the applicant makes use of an auxiliary person, the applicant shall, instead of reassure the municipal authority, have completed the application in accordance with the information provided by the applicant, and that the information contained therein shall, in accordance with the knowledge of the applicant, be informed of the -Truth. The municipal authority may request the presentation of a valid identity card. Forms and factsheets for the application are provided by the municipal authority. (5) The municipal authority has to examine whether the application has been submitted in the form of form and by the deadline, whether the conditions of the electoral law of § 6 (3) (1) and (2) of the European Elections Act and whether the Union citizen is not excluded from the right to vote in accordance with Section 6a (2) (1) of the European Elections Act. If one of these conditions is not fulfilled, the municipal authority shall refuse to register for entry in the voters ' register. If all the conditions set out in the first sentence are met, the municipal authority shall forward to the Federal Returning Officer an electronic file in a file format made available to the Member States by the European Commission, together with the format of the file Information requested on the citizen of the Union or, where this is not possible, the uniform information exchange form between the Member States in accordance with Annex 2B; the Federal Returning Officer shall transmit the information provided by the Member State of origin; in the notified body, an electronic file in the body designated by the European Commission File format provided with the information of the municipal authority or, if this is not possible, the communication from the municipal authority according to Appendix 2B. If there are doubts as to the information provided by the applicant, the municipal authority must immediately inform the facts of the case; requests to the Member State of origin shall be submitted via the Federal Returning Officer. If the Member State of origin informs that the applicant's information is incorrect, the municipal authority shall refuse the application for entry in the voters 'register or remove the citizen of the Union from the voters' register. Section 15 (8) shall apply. (5a) If the municipal authority receives a citizen of the Union upon his request to the voters ' register, it shall immediately take an entry in the register of persons in accordance with section 2 (2) (1) (b) of the Rules of the Melting Law Framework Act (6) A citizen of the Union who is entitled to vote shall submit his home within the Federal Republic of Germany after the date of the application for entry in the register of voters, and shall notify the voters 'register of the voters' register before the beginning of the consultation period. Notification authority of the access order, § 15 paragraph 3 shall apply accordingly. The municipal authority of the continuation office shall carry out the procedure referred to in paragraph 5 and shall immediately inform the municipal authority of the place of access of the result of the result. If, therefore, the conditions for entry into the voters 'register are not available, the municipal authority of the place of access shall refuse the application of the Union citizen to be entered in the voters' register, or the citizen of the Union shall be refused entry to the voters ' register. Delete selector directory. Section 15 (8) shall apply. (7) An EU citizen entitled to vote who was not registered for an apartment shall, after the application for entry in the dial-up register, be notified before the beginning of the consultation period for the voters ' register at the Notification authority for an apartment, the second sentence of the second sentence of paragraph 6 and the first sentence of Article 15 (3) and the third sentence of Article 15 (3) shall apply. (8) If an EU citizen is entitled to vote after the application for entry in the electoral register in a municipality in the Federal Republic of Germany another apartment that becomes his main apartment, or he relocates his Main dwelling in another municipality shall apply if it registers with the reporting authority before the beginning of the consultation period for the voters ' register, paragraph 6 according to. (9) § 15 (6), 7 sentence 2 and (9) shall apply accordingly. Unofficial table of contents

Section 17b Registration of eligible citizens of the Union in the register of voters of the Office of the European Union

(1) Where an EU citizen entitled to vote has been entered in a voters ' register in the Federal Republic of Germany at the request of the European Parliament in the election of 13 June 1999 or a subsequent election to the European Parliament, he shall be entitled to Elections to the European Parliament must be entered by the competent municipal authority on its own account, provided that the conditions set out in Article 15 (1) are fulfilled and that the European Union citizen is not excluded from the right to vote in accordance with Article 6a (2) of the European Elections Act. After moving away from abroad and retrain to the Federal Republic of Germany, the citizen of the Union again has to submit an application in accordance with Article 17a (1). Articles 15 (3) to 6, 7 (2) and (9) and 17a (3) (1) to (4) and (5) sentences 3 to 6 shall apply by analogy. (2) The citizen of the Union may, by no later than 21. Apply to the competent municipal authority in writing after Annex 2C for days before the election, not to be kept in the voters ' register. If the voters ' register is already in place, the municipal authority shall remove the deletion from the selection list. A non-form and timely application is to be rejected by the municipal authority. The application referred to in the first sentence shall apply to all future elections to the European Parliament until the citizen of the Union has again submitted an application in accordance with Article 17a (1). The municipal authority shall immediately delete the entry in the register register in accordance with section 2 (2) (1) (b) of the Law on the Law of the Melting Law. § 17a (2), second sentence, and (3) and (4) sentence 5 shall apply accordingly. Unofficial table of contents

Section 18 Notification of eligible voters

No later than the day before the holding of the voters 'register for inspection, the municipal authority shall notify any person entitled to vote registered in the voters' register in accordance with the model of Appendix 3. The Communication is to contain

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the surname, the first names and the residence of the person entitled to vote,

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the indication of the electoral area and whether it is barrier-free,

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the indication of the voting time,

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the number under which the person entitled to vote is entered in the voters ' register,

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the request to bring the election notification to the election and to keep the identity card, a valid identity card, or a passport,

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the instruction that the election notification does not replace a polling card and therefore does not have the right to vote in a polling place other than the one specified,

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an indication of where eligible information on barrier-free electoral spaces and tools can be obtained,

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the information on the application for a ballot box and on the sending of postal ballot documents; it must contain at least information about it,

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that the polling card application is to be filled only if the person entitled to vote wishes to vote in another electoral area of his or her district or of a district-free city or by postal ballot,

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the conditions under which a polling card is issued (Section 24 (1) and Article 26 (4) sentence 3), and

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that the polling card can only be requested by a person other than the person entitled to vote, if the right to submit the application is proved by the submission of a written authorisation (section 26 (3)).

If the registration of a person entitled to vote, which is entered in the voters ' register in accordance with § 15 (2) to (5) or § 17a (1) and (4) to (7), after the sending of the notifications in accordance with sentence 1, the notification shall be notified immediately after registration. (2) On the back of the notification referred to in paragraph 1, a form for an application to issue an electoral certificate shall be printed with postal ballot documents in accordance with the model of Appendix 4. (3) Persons entitled to vote who, pursuant to Section 15 (2) or § 17a (1), are entered in the voters ' register only on request. , paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply. (4) Where a Land returning officer shall establish that the notification provided for in paragraph 1 shall be due to natural disasters or similar events of force majeure, it shall be determined that it may be carried out later in the area concerned. Where it is to be provided that the notification referred to in paragraph 1 cannot be made until the sixth day before the election, it shall determine that the persons entitled to vote shall, in another appropriate manner, be informed of the information referred to in the second sentence of paragraph 1, 2, 3, 5 to 7 Notify me. The Land returning officer may, on a case-by-case basis, make supplementary arrangements for adaptation to the special circumstances. It shall make appropriate known the reasons for the disturbance, the area concerned, the rules which it has adopted for each individual case and the nature of the notification. Unofficial table of contents

Section 19 Notice on the right of access to the voters ' register, on the issuing of voting certificates and on the conditions and arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote of Union citizens

(1) The municipal authority shall do so at the latest by the 24. public knowledge of the days before the election, in accordance with the model of Appendix 5,

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by whom, for what purposes and under what conditions, where, how long and at what hour of the day the voters ' register can be viewed and whether the place of inspection is barrier-free,

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in writing or by means of an explanation of the minutes, the municipal authority may file an objection to the voters ' register (§ 21),

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that persons entitled to vote who are entered in the voters 'register shall, no later than the day before the holding of the voters' register, be given an election notification and that persons entitled to vote, who shall only apply to the voters ' register in the select a list of voters and have already applied for a polling card with postal ballot documents, not receive an election notification,

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where, in what time and under what conditions, voting certificates can be applied for (§ § 24 et seq.),

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as selected by postal ballot (§ 59).

(2) The diplomatic representations of the Federal Republic of Germany abroad shall make public the public immediately after the date of election of the election day,

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the conditions under which Germans living abroad can participate in the election to the European Parliament in the Federal Republic of Germany,

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where, in what form, and in what period, in order to be able to take part in the election, the registration in a voters ' register in the Federal Republic of Germany must apply.

The notice shall be made in accordance with Annex 6 from the embassies by means of at least one German-language display in a national daily or weekly newspaper; in addition, the content of the contract notice may be published by the professional consulates if this is done by the local conditions are published, German-language advertisements published in regional newspapers as well as the embassies and professional consulates on the Internet. Where the contract notice cannot be or appears unjustified in duly substantiated individual cases, it shall be obtained by means of a notice in the service building of the representation and, where possible, by informing the individual known persons concerned. (3) The Federal Returning Officer and the district or town returning officers shall immediately make known publicly after the date of election of the election day,

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the conditions under which EU citizens living in the Federal Republic of Germany can take part in the election to the European Parliament in the Federal Republic of Germany,

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whether, where, in what form and within what period, the group of persons referred to in paragraph 1 must apply for registration in a register of voters in the Federal Republic of Germany in order to be able to take part in the election;

The contract notice shall be published in accordance with Annex 6A by the Federal Returning Officer, without prejudice to the regulation in § 79 (1), by at least one German-language advertisement in each of a national daily and weekly newspaper as well as by the county or city returning officers. at least one German-language display in a regional daily newspaper. Unofficial table of contents

§ 20 View of the voters ' register

(1) The municipal authority shall keep the voters ' register at least at the place of the municipal administration during the general opening hours for inspection. If the voters ' register is conducted in the automated procedure, the inspection can be made possible by means of a display station. It is necessary to ensure that comments (section 22 (3)) can be read in clear text. The data display device may only be served by a staff member of the municipal authority. (2) (omitted) (3) Within the time limit the completion of extracts from the voters ' register shall be permitted by persons entitled to vote, in so far as this is in connection with the with the examination of the right to vote of individual specific persons. The extracts may only be used for this purpose and shall not be made accessible to third parties. Unofficial table of contents

Section 21 objection to the voters ' register and complaint

(1) Any person holding the voters ' register for incorrect or incomplete information may lodge an objection within the time limit. (2) The objection shall be filed in writing or in writing with the municipal authority. In so far as the alleged facts are not obvious, the opposition leader must provide the necessary evidence. (3) If the municipal authority intends to grant an objection to the registration of another, it shall have the right to appeal against the registration of another person. (4) The municipal authority has taken its decision to the opposition leader and to the person concerned at the latest by the 10. days before the election and to refer to the admissible appeal. The municipal authority shall give an objection to registration in such a way that it allows the person entitled to vote after the electoral register has been corrected to the vote to be notified of the election. In the cases of § 17 (5) and (6) and the third sentence of Article 17a (5), the Federal Returning Officer shall immediately inform the Federal Returning Officer of the registration or deletion. In the cases referred to in Article 17a (5) sentence 3, the Federal Returning Officer shall then inform the body designated by the Member State of origin. (5) The decision of the municipal authority may, within two days of notification, appeal to the constituency returning officer, in county-free cities are placed on the city's returning officer. The complaint shall be lodged with the municipal authority in writing or in writing. The municipal authority shall immediately submit the complaint to the district or town returning officer with the operations. The district or city returning officer shall have the complaint at the latest on the 4. days before the election. Paragraph 3 shall apply accordingly. The decision of appeal shall be notified to the parties concerned and to the municipal authority. It shall be final subject to any other decision in the electoral review procedure. The provisions of the third sentence of paragraph 4 shall apply accordingly. Unofficial table of contents

Section 22 Correction of the voters ' register

(1) After the beginning of the consultation period, the registration or removal of persons and the acceptance of any other changes in the voters ' register shall be admissible only on a timely notice of objection. § 15 (2) to (5), Section 17 (5), sentence 6, subsection 5a, sentence 2 and 3 and subsection 6, sentence 4, § 17a (1) and (5) to (8), § 17b and § 29 remain unaffected. (2) If the voters ' register is manifestly incorrect or incomplete, the municipal authority may not be able to to fix it on its own account. This shall not apply to defects which are the subject of an opposition procedure. Section 21 (3) to (5) shall apply accordingly. The time limit for the notification of the decision (Section 21 (4) sentence 1) and for the appeal decision (Section 21 (5) sentence 4) shall apply only if the defects which are to be remedied by the Office are known before the twelfth day before the election. (3) All from the beginning of the The time limit for any changes made shall be explained in the "Remarks" column and by the date and signature of the staff member, in the automated procedure instead of the signature with a notice to the person responsible. (4) At the end of the voter's register, changes may be made with the exception of: the corrections provided for in paragraph 2 and in Article 46 (2) shall no longer be carried out. Unofficial table of contents

Section 23 Completion of the voters ' register

(1) The voters ' register shall be concluded by the municipal authority no later than the day before the election, but not earlier than the third day before the election. It shall establish the number of eligible voters in the electoral district. The conclusion shall be assessed in accordance with the model of Appendix 7. In the case of automated guided tour of the voters ' register, an expression shall be established prior to the evaluation. (2) Voting lists of several municipalities or parts of the municipality which are united to form an electoral district shall be elected by the municipal authority responsible for the election of the electorate. Electoral district is running, connected to the electoral district of the electoral district and completed.

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Section 24 Conditions for the issuing of voting certificates

(1) An electoral person who is entered in the voters 'register shall receive a polling card upon request. (2) An electoral person who is not entered in the voters' register shall receive a polling card at the request of the voters,

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if he proves that without his fault he has failed the application deadline pursuant to Section 17 (1) or § 17a (2) or the opposition period pursuant to Article 21 (1),

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if his right to participate in the election has only occurred after the expiry of the period pursuant to Section 17 (1), Article 17a (2) or Article 21 (1) thereof,

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if its right to vote has been established in the opposition proceedings and the determination has been made to the municipal authority only after the electoral register has been completed.

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Section 25 Competent authority, form of polling

The polling card shall be issued in accordance with the model of Appendix 8 by the municipal authority in whose voters ' register the person entitled to vote has been registered or should have been registered. Unofficial table of contents

Section 26 Electoral proposals

(1) The issuing of a ballot box may be requested in writing or orally with the municipal authority. The written form shall also be deemed to be protected by telegram, telex, telefax, e-mail or by other documentary-able electronic transmission. A telephone application is not permitted. A disabled person entitled to vote may use the assistance of another person in the application; § 50 shall apply. (2) The applicant shall have the surname, the first name, the date of birth and his residence address (street, house number, (3) Who makes the application for another, must prove by submitting a written authorisation that he is entitled to do so. (4) Election certificates can be requested until the second day before the election, 18.00. In the cases of § 24 para. 2, voting certificates may be applied for until the election day, 15.00. The same shall apply if, in the case of a proven sudden illness, the electoral area cannot be visited or can be visited only under unreasonable difficulties, in which case the municipal authority shall, before issuing the ballot box, have the electoral district of the electoral district of the (5) In the case of eligible Germans who are registered in the voters ' register only upon application in accordance with Section 15 (2), the application shall also apply at the same time. as a request for the granting of an electoral code, unless the person entitled to vote intends to (6) Late written submissions are to be packed with the accompanying envelopes and provisionally to be kept. Unofficial table of contents

Section 27 Granting of voting certificates

(1) Elections may not be issued prior to the approval of the election proposals by the Federal Electoral Committee in accordance with Section 14 (1) and (4) of the European Elections Act or by the Federal Constitutional Court in accordance with Section 14 (4a) of the European Elections Act. (2) The The certificate must be signed by the official responsible for issuing the certificate and must be provided with the official seal. The service seal can be printed on. By way of derogation from the first sentence, the signature may be missing from the signature; instead, the name of the officer responsible may be printed. (3) The election certificate shall be accompanied by the following:

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an official ballot in accordance with the model of Appendix 22;

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an official ballot in accordance with the model of Appendix 9;

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an official enveloping envelope according to the model of Appendix 10, on which the full address to be sent to the postal ballot letter (the recipient of the ballot box in accordance with Article 59 (2)), and the name of the municipal authority issuing the polling card has (issuing office), and the polling card number or the electoral district are pre-registered by the issuing body; and

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A leaflet for the postal ballot according to the model of Appendix 11.

Sentence 1 shall not apply in the cases of Section 28 (1). (4) The voting certificate and the postal ballot documents shall be sent to the person entitled to vote in his or her residence address or shall be officially transferred to the extent that no other address or the collection of the Documents are given. If the dispatch to another address is requested in a form pursuant to Article 26 (1), second sentence, the sending of the postal ballot documents shall include the simultaneous dispatch of a communication to the address of the residence. Mail is to be released from the municipal authority. The municipal authority shall send the electoral certificate and the postal ballot documents with air mail to the voters, if it appears from his/her request that he or she wishes to choose from a non-European area, or if it appears otherwise. (5) Holt der The person entitled to vote in person and the postal ballot documents at the municipal authority shall be given the opportunity to exercise the postal ballot on the spot. It is necessary to ensure that the ballot paper is unobserved and can be placed in the ballot paper envelope. Voting certificates and postal ballot documents may only be handed out to a person other than the person entitled to vote, if the authority to receive them is proved by the submission of a written authorisation. Section 26 (1) sentence 4 shall apply accordingly. Only use can be made of the power of attorney if the authorized person does not represent more than four persons entitled to vote; this has to be insured in writing to the municipal authority before receiving the documents. On request, the authorized person shall have to show himself. (6) The municipal authority shall carry out a list of voting certificates in which the cases of section 24 (1) and that of paragraph 2 are kept separate from the voting certificates issued. The list shall be kept as a list or as a collection of the copies of the voting certificates. The number shall be entered on the ballot box, under which it shall be entered in the electoral register, and the number under which the person entitled to vote is held in the voters ' register, or the designated electoral district. In the case of persons entitled to vote not registered in the voters ' register, it shall be noted on the polling card that its concession pursuant to section 24 (2) shall be granted and to which electoral district the person entitled to vote shall be assigned. If voting certificates are issued after the voters ' register has been completed, a special list shall be held in accordance with the sentences 1 to 3. (7) If an election certificate is issued to a person entitled to vote in accordance with Section 24 (2), the municipal authority shall, in the case of The Federal Returning Officer must immediately inform the Federal Returning Officer in accordance with Section 6 (1) (2) (b) of the European Elections Act and in accordance with Section 6 (2) of the European Elections Act in conjunction with Section 12 (2) sentence 1 of the Federal Elections Act. Article 17 (5), sentences 5 and 6 shall apply accordingly. (8) If an eligible person who has already received a polling card is deleted from the voters ' register, the polling card shall be declared invalid. The municipal authority shall keep a list in which the name of the person entitled to vote and the number of the ballot box declared invalid shall be included; it shall correct the list of voters. The municipal authority shall inform the district or city returning officer, who shall inform all the electoral board members of the district or of the county-free town about the invalidity of the ballot box. In the cases of § 4 of the European Elections Act, in conjunction with Section 39 (5) of the Federal Elections Act, in the list of voting certificates and in the list of voting certificates declared invalid, it must be noted in an appropriate form that the vote of a voter, the has already taken part in the postal ballot, is not invalid. (9) At the end of the voter's register, the municipal authority shall, unless it is itself or another municipal authority responsible for the conduct of the postal ballot, send the district authority to the district. the list referred to in the second sentence of paragraph 8, and the number of town returning officers in the fastest way Subsequent to this list or a notification that voting certificates have not been declared invalid, in time for them to enter there at the latest on the voting day in the morning. If another municipal authority has been entrusted with the execution of the postal ballot in accordance with Section 7 (3), the municipal authority shall send the list and the supplements or a notification in accordance with sentence 1 of the delegated authority. (10) Lost voting certificates will not be replaced. 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Section 28 Granting of voting certificates to certain categories of persons

(1) The municipal authority shall, at the latest on the eighth day before the election of the lines, request:

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the institutions for which a special electoral district has been established (§ 13),

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the smaller hospitals, smaller old-age or nursing homes, monasteries, social-therapeutic institutions and prisons for which the voting rights in front of a moving electoral head are provided for by the voters (sections 8 and 55 to 57),

a list of persons entitled to vote from the municipality who are in the establishment or are employed there and who wish to vote in the establishment on election days. It shall issue such voting certificates without postal ballot documents and send them directly to them. (2) The municipal authority shall, at the latest, make the lines of the bodies responsible for the installation of the institutions on the basis of 13. days before the election,

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to communicate to persons entitled to vote who are in the establishment or are employed there and who are run in voter registers of other municipalities in the same circle, to be able to vote in the institution only if: have obtained a polling card from the municipal authority in whose voters ' register they are registered,

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to communicate to persons entitled to vote who are in the establishment or are employed there and who are run in voter registers of municipalities of other counties or of other county-free towns, to ensure that they have the right to vote only In order to obtain a postal ballot in their home district or in their hometown, they must obtain a polling card with postal ballot documents for that purpose by the municipal authority in whose voters ' register they are registered.

(3) The municipal authority shall at the latest be requested on 13 December 2002. Days before the election, the troop parts which have their location in the municipal territory to communicate to the eligible soldiers in accordance with paragraph 2. Unofficial table of contents

§ 29 Note in the voters ' register

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Section 30 objection to the failure of the electoral code and appeal

If the granting of a ballot is failed, objection may be lodged. Section 21 (2), (4) and (5) shall apply accordingly. The time limit for the notification of the decision (§ 21 para. 4 sentence 1) and for the appeal decision (§ 21 para. 5 sentence 4) shall apply only if the objection has been filed before the twelfth day before the election.

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Section 31 Call for nominations

(1) After the election day has been determined, the Land returning officers shall, by means of a public announcement, request the nominations of the Federal Returning Officer to submit nominations as early as possible and shall draw up the conditions for the submission of nominations. Election proposals in accordance with § 2 (1) and (8) of the European Elections Act. They shall indicate where and to which date the nominations must be submitted and point to the provisions on the content and form of nominations, the number of signatures, documents and documents to be provided in certain cases, and (2) The Federal Returning Officer shall publicly disclose where and in what period and form of the exclusion of the the list connection of an eligible nomination may be declared (§ 2 para. 2 and Section 11 (3) of the European Elections Act). Unofficial table of contents

Section 32 Content and form of election proposals

(1) The election proposals shall be submitted in two copies in accordance with the models of annexes 12 and 13. They must contain:

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as the nomination of a party, the name of the submitting party and, if it uses a short title, also the name of the party; the party may append the name and the short name of its European concentration;

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as an election proposal of any other political association, the name and, if used by a password, also the name; the association may have the name and the short name of its member association in the electoral area and its European Attach together;

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in a recognizable order, the candidates and, if the substitute candidates are named, also those with the surname, the first name, the profession or status, the date of birth, the place of birth and the address (main residence).

They should also include the name and address of the confidant and the deputy confidant. (2) The list for a country is from at least three members of the board of the national association of the eligible nominees, including the Chairman or his deputy, to sign in person and by hand. If an eligible person in the country does not have a national association or a single national organisation, the nomination shall be submitted by the boards of the nearest territorial associations in the territory of the country to the first sentence in accordance with the first sentence of sign. The signatures of the incoming board shall be sufficient if, within the time limit for submission, it provides a written authorisation of the other members of the Board of Management concerned, corresponding to the first sentence. A common list for all countries is to be signed by the Executive Board of the Federal Association of Eligible Voters in accordance with the first sentence of the Federal Republic of Germany. If an electoral nomination has no federal association or a uniform federal organisation in the electoral area, the nomination shall be made by all the members of the nearest regional associations in the electoral area, or if at any other political level, the nomination shall be subject to the following conditions: Association neither a Bundesverband nor a territorial association exists in the electoral area, to be signed by its chief executive in any of the other Member States of the European Union in accordance with the sentences 1 and 3. (3) Muß a nomination in accordance with Section 9 (5) of the European Elections Act, of a certain minimum number of The signatures shall be signed on official forms in accordance with Annex 14, in compliance with the following rules:

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The form sheets are delivered free of charge on request for joint lists for all countries by the Federal Returning Officer, for lists for a country by the respective Land returning officer; they can also be provided as a print template or electronically. In the case of the request, the name of the person entitled to vote and, if a short name or a password is used, also indicate the short name or the password, and explain to which country or whether the election proposal for all Countries are situated. The head of the election responsible shall record the information in the head of the forms.

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The persons entitled to vote who support an election proposal shall sign the declaration on the form personally and by hand. In addition to the signature, the surname, first name, date of birth and address (main residence) of the signatory and the date of signature must be indicated. Persons entitled to vote within the meaning of Section 6 (1) (2) (b) and (2) of the European Elections Act shall also refer to the last dwelling in the Federal Republic of Germany or indicate that they have never been reported for an apartment in this area. , the proof of the right to vote shall be provided by the information provided for in Appendix 2 and by the lodging of an insurance on the oath. Persons entitled to vote within the meaning of Section 6 (3) of the European Elections Act shall be required to provide proof of the right to vote by issuing an insurance on oath instead of in accordance with Annex 14A.

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Each signatory shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by his municipal authority, in which he is to be entered in the voters ' register, on the form or separately, and shall be entitled to vote in the country at the time of signature. A separate certificate of the right to vote shall be accompanied by the person entitled to vote in the filing of the election proposal with the supporting document. Those who apply for a certificate of voting rights for another must prove that the person concerned supports the nomination.

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A person entitled to vote may sign only one nomination; if a person has signed a number of nominations, his signature shall be void on any further nominations.

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Nominations of parties and other political associations may only be signed after the candidates and substitute candidates have been drawn up by a meeting of members or representatives. Previously signed signatures are invalid.

(4) The nomination shall be accompanied by

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the statements of the proposed candidates and substitute candidates, in accordance with the model of Annex 15, that they agree to their installation and that no other nomination has given their consent to the nomination of candidates or substitute candidates, or whether: they have agreed to their designation as candidates on a further list for a country and take out insurance on oath that they do not apply for election in another Member State of the European Union and that they are not members of a other than the party or other political association of the nomination ; for the reduction of the insurance on the oath, the second sentence of § 11 (2) and (3) of the European Elections Act shall apply accordingly,

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for Germans, the certificates issued by the competent municipal authorities in accordance with the model of Annex 16, that the proposed candidates and substitute candidates are eligible,

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for EU citizens, the certificates issued by the competent German municipal authorities in accordance with the model of Appendix 16A, as prescribed in Article 11 (2) sentence 1 (1b) of the European Elections Act,

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For EU citizens, the eider insurance prescribed in Article 11 (2), first sentence, point 1c of the European Elections Act, in accordance with the model of Annex 16B,

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a copy of the minutes relating to the decision-making of the members 'or representatives' assembly in which the candidates and substitute candidates have been drawn up and the order of candidates has been determined on the nomination, with the in accordance with Article 11 (2), first sentence, No. 2 of the European Elections Act, in lieu of the oath; the minutes shall be manufactured in accordance with the designs of Appendixes 17 and 18, the insurance on oath shall be made in accordance with the model of Appendix 19,

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the signatures referred to in paragraph 3, together with certificates of the right to vote of the signatories, provided that the nominees do not have the right to vote in the European Parliament, in the German Bundestag or in a Landtag since their last election on the basis of its own election proposals in the electoral area shall be represented without interruption by at least five Members,

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the written statutes and the programme, as well as a copy of the minutes of the election of the members of the board to sign the nomination referred to in paragraph 2, carried out in accordance with democratic principles, with the names and Addresses of the members of the Management Board, unless the right to vote has been uninterrupted in the European Parliament, in the German Bundestag or in a Landtag since their last election on the basis of their own election proposals in the electoral area, with at least five Members are represented.

(5) The certificate of the right to vote (paragraph 3 no. 3), the certificate of eligibility (paragraph 4 (2)) and the certificate issued by the German municipal authority on the non-exclusion of eligibility and the apartment (paragraph 4 (2a)) are free of charge. . The municipal authority may grant the certificate of the right to vote only once for each person entitled to vote; in so doing, it must not hold on to the nomination for which the certificate issued is intended. (6) For candidates and substitute candidates who do not The Federal Ministry of the Interior shall issue a certificate of eligibility for accommodation in the Federal Republic of Germany and otherwise not normally residing there. It shall apply to the diplomatic or professional consular office of the Federal Republic of Germany responsible for the place of residence of the applicant or substitute applicant, otherwise immediately upon presentation of the necessary evidence. Unofficial table of contents

Section 33 Pre-examination of nominations

(1) The Federal Returning Officer shall, on each nomination, also note the date of receipt on the last day of the submission deadline and shall immediately send the Land returning officer a copy of the lists for the country concerned and the date of submission of the list. common lists for all countries. The Federal Returning Officer shall examine whether, in an election proposal, a German is listed as an applicant or a substitute applicant, through which he has been informed by another Member State of the European Union, that he or she is to be eligible for election there. It shall immediately examine whether the nominations received are complete and comply with the requirements of the European Elections Act and this Regulation. (1a) In an election proposal, a citizen of the Union shall be listed as an applicant or a substitute candidate, the Federal Returning Officer shall immediately send the two-way copy of the insurance on oath to the body designated by the Member State of origin in accordance with Section 11 (2), first sentence, point 1c of the European Elections Act, instead of according to Annex 16B. If, within a period of five working days, no information is received from the Member State of origin on the basis of a case-by-case decision within the meaning of Article 6 (1) of Directive 93 /109/EC of the Council of origin, the Member State of origin shall not be informed of the 6 December 1993 on the detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in elections to the European Parliament for citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals (OJ L 327, 30.12.1993, p. 34), which was last amended by Directive 2013 /1/EU (OJ L 327, 30.12.2013, p. 27), which does not have eligibility for eligibility there, the Union citizen shall be treated as eligible for information to the Member State of origin to the contrary. (2) The Federal Returning Officer shall examine whether a Member State of origin shall be informed of the right to be informed of the Member State of origin. (3) If the Federal Electoral Committee is called upon to remedy the defect in accordance with Section 13 (4) of the European Elections Act, it shall have the following information on the nomination procedure. the decision of the Federal Returning Officer immediately. The confidence person of the nomination concerned shall be given the opportunity to express his views. (4) (to be omitted) Unofficial table of contents

Section 34 Approval of nominations

(1) The Federal Returning Officer shall invite the confidants of the election proposals to the meeting in which the election proposals will be approved. (2) The Federal Returning Officer shall submit to the Federal Electoral Committee all the nominations received, and reports to him on the outcome of the preliminary examination. (3) The Federal Electoral Committee shall examine the nominations received and decide on their admission or rejection, as well as on the deletion of candidates and substitute candidates. Before taking a decision, the published confidant of the concerned election proposal shall be given the opportunity to submit comments. (4) The Federal Electoral Committee shall issue the approved nominations with the information referred to in Article 32 (1) sentence 2 and with the relevant order of candidates. If the names of a number of nominees whose names, abbreviations, passwords or apportions in one country give rise to confusion, the Federal Electoral Committee shall insert a nomination or a number of nominations for election (5) The Federal Returning Officer shall announce the decision of the Federal Electoral Committee at the meeting following the decision making with a brief indication of the reasons and shall refer to the admissible appeal in accordance with § 14 (4) and 4a of the European Elections Act and the time limit applicable for this purpose. (6) The minutes of the The meeting shall be completed without delay on the model of Appendix 20. In the minutes, the supporting reasons are to be presented. The minutes shall be accompanied by the approved nominations in the version established by the Federal Electoral Committee. (7) After the meeting, the Federal Returning Officer shall immediately send the Land returning officers a copy of the minutes and their copy. Annexes. (8) The Federal Returning Officer shall send immediately, no later than the day after the meeting of the Federal Electoral Committee, parties and other political associations whose nomination has been rejected in whole or in part, at the latest after the meeting of the Federal Electoral Committee. Means a copy of the part of the minutes relating to them, together with the points required under paragraph 5. (9) (omitted) Unofficial table of contents

Section 35 Complaint against decisions of the Federal Electoral Committee

(1) The appeal against a decision of the Federal Electoral Committee pursuant to Section 14 (4) of the European Elections Act shall be filed in writing or in writing to the Federal Electoral Committee. The Federal Returning Officer has to file his complaint with the Federal Electoral Committee in writing. The written form shall also be deemed to be protected by telegram, telex or telefax. (2) The Federal Electoral Committee shall invite the complainants and the confidants of the nominations concerned to the meeting in which the appeal is decided. The Federal Electoral Committee shall announce its decision at the meeting following the decision-making process with a brief description of the reasons. Unofficial table of contents

Section 36Exclusion of the connection of election proposals

(1) The declaration that one or more nominations of the same nomination should be excluded from the list connection (Section 11 (3) of the European Elections Act) is jointly by the trust person and the vice-chairman To give the confidential person of the respective election proposal to the Federal Returning Officer in accordance with the model of the Annex 21. It shall contain the name of the nominations not to be connected, indicating the right to vote and the country, and shall be personally and personally, and shall be the subject of the nomination, by the person confidant and by the deputy confidant of the relevant election proposal; and (2) The Federal Returning Officer shall also record the day on the declaration of exclusion and, at the time of receipt, the time of receipt on the last day of the declaration. It shall immediately examine the decision-making declarations received. If the Federal Returning Officer has concerns about a declaration of exclusion, he shall inform the confidant and the deputy confidant of the nominations. § 13 of the European Elections Act applies accordingly. (3) If the Federal Electoral Committee rejects a exclusion from the list connection, the Federal Returning Officer shall inform the confidence person and the deputy confidant of the relevant election proposal. with. Unofficial table of contents

Section 37 Announcement of election proposals

(1) The Federal Returning Officer shall make publicly known the nominations for election approved by the Federal Electoral Committee and shall indicate which list connections exist and which election proposals are excluded from a list connection. The notice shall contain, for each nomination, the information referred to in the second sentence of Article 32 (1), where, instead of the date of birth, only the year of birth of the candidates and substitute candidates shall be indicated, and the indication for which country the nomination or nomination shall be whether it is set up as a common list for all countries. If an applicant proves to the Federal Returning Officer by the end of the submission deadline that a blocking note is entered for him in the reporting register in accordance with the national reporting laws corresponding to § 21 (5) of the Reporting Framework Act, the applicant shall be entitled to Place his address (main apartment) to use a reachability address; the indication of a post is not sufficient. If it is an applicant in a list for a country, the Federal Returning Officer shall immediately inform the competent Land returning officer of the reachability address. (2) The Land returning officer shall order the nominee for the Federal Electoral Committee by the Federal Electoral Committee for the Country-approved nominations in the order in accordance with Section 15 (3) of the European Elections Act, subject to serial numbers. He shall publicly disclose the order of nominations and immediately inform the Federal Returning Officer of the order. Unofficial table of contents

§ 38 ballot papers, envelopes for postal ballot

(1) The ballot paper is at least 21 x 29.7 cm (DIN A4) large and made of white or whitish paper. The paper must be such that, after identification and folding by the voter, other persons cannot see how he or she has chosen. The ballot paper shall contain, in each country, the nominations for election approved for that country, in accordance with the information required in accordance with Article 15 (2) of the European Elections Act, in the order and under the number of their announcement by the Land returning officer, and on the right of the name of the electoral proposal in each case a circle for the marking. In addition, a registered order or artist's name (Section 5 (2) (12) of the German Personnel Reference Act, Section 4 (1) (4) of the Passport Act) can be specified. Each nomination shall be subject to a demarcted field. The election proposals are to be recorded on the front of the ballot paper, in black print. A sample for the ballot paper shall contain Annex 22. The country abbreviations listed in this Annex shall be used by candidates for common lists for all countries. The ballot papers must be of the same colour and quality in the electoral district. (2) (omitted) (3) The ballot paper envelopes for the postal ballot shall be 11.4 x 16.2 cm (DIN C6) large and blue and inscribed in accordance with the model of Appendix 9. (4) The Optional envelopes should be marked about 12 x 17.6 cm in size and red and inscribed on the model of Appendix 10. (5) Font, font size and contrast should be selected in such a way that readability is facilitated. Samples of the ballot papers shall be made available immediately after they have been completed to the blind clubs who have declared their readiness to produce ballot paper templates. (6) The district or town returning officer shall inform the municipal authorities the ballot papers to be passed on to the electoral head. It shall provide the municipal authorities with the required ballot envelopes and ballot envelopes for postal ballot.

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Section 39 Electoral rooms

(1) The municipal authority shall designate an electoral area for each constituency. As far as possible, the municipalities provide elective rooms in municipal buildings. The choice rooms should be selected and set up in accordance with local conditions so as to facilitate the participation in the election as much as possible for all persons entitled to vote, in particular disabled persons and other persons with reduced mobility. The municipal authorities shall communicate at an early stage and in an appropriate manner which voter rooms are barrier-free. (2) In larger electoral districts in which the voters ' registers can be divided, it may be possible at the same time in different buildings or in different areas. Rooms of the same building or at different tables of the electoral area are chosen. An electoral board shall be formed for each election room or table. If several electoral boards are active in an electoral area, the municipal authority shall determine which board shall provide for calm and order in the electoral area. Unofficial table of contents

§ 40 Election Time

(1) The election lasts from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (2) The Land returning officer may, in individual cases, if special reasons require, set the election time with an earlier start. Unofficial table of contents

Section 41 Electoral announcement of the municipal authority

The municipal authority shall make public the latest on the sixth day before the election, in accordance with the model of Annex 23, the beginning and the end of the electoral period, as well as the electoral districts and the elective areas; in place of the enumeration of the electoral districts with their demarcation and their polling rooms can be referred to the information contained in the election notification. In doing so, the municipal authority shall point out that:

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that the voter has a voice,

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the ballot papers shall be officially manufactured and held in the electoral area;

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what the content of the ballot is and how it is to be labelled,

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the way in which voting and in particular by postal ballot can be chosen,

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that according to Article 6 (4) of the European Elections Act, any person entitled to vote can exercise his or her right to vote only once and only in person,

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according to § 107a (1) and (3) of the Penal Code, punishable by imprisonment of up to five years or with a fine, who chooses unauthorised or otherwise causes an incorrect result of an election or falsifies the result or a deed of such a deed tried.

(2) The election announcement or an extract from it with points 1, 3, 4 and 6 of Appendix 23 shall be affixed before the start of the electoral process on or in the entrance to the building in which the electoral space is located. The extract shall be accompanied by a ballot paper as a sample.

Third Section
Ballot

First subsection
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Section 42 Equipment of the electoral board

The municipal authority shall pass on to the electoral board of each constituency before the start of the electoral process

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the voter register completed;

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the list of registered voters who have still been issued after the voters ' register has been completed,

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Official ballots in sufficient numbers,

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Form of the electoral document,

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Form of the rapid alert,

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Imprints of the European Elections Act, the Federal Elections Act and this Regulation, which do not need to contain the annexes to these regulations,

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the imprint of the election notice or extract from it with the numbers 1, 3, 4 and 6 of Appendix 23,

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Closure material for the ballot box,

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Packaging and sealing material for packaging the ballot papers and voting certificates.

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§ 43 Electoral cabins

(1) In each electoral area, the municipal authority shall set up a polling booth or several voting booths with tables in which the voter can label and fold his ballot in unobritable form. The voting booths must be able to be overlooked from the table of the electoral board. An auxiliary room accessible only through the polling station can also be used as the voting booth, if its entrance can be overlooked from the table of the electoral board. (2) A pen should be provided in the voting booth. Unofficial table of contents

§ 44 ballot boxes

(1) The municipal authority shall ensure the necessary ballot boxes. (2) The ballot box must be provided with a cover. Their inner height is usually 90 cm, the distance of each wall from the opposite one is at least 35 cm. In the lid, the ballot box must have a gap which must not be more than 2 cm. It must be closed. (3) Smaller ballot boxes can be used for voting in special electoral districts and in front of a moving electoral presume. Unofficial table of contents

Section 45 Electoral table

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Section 46 Opening of the Election

(1) The head of the electoral authority shall open the electoral process so that he/she shall inform the advisers present of their obligation to carry out their duties impartially and to secrecy on their official activities. Matters. He shall ensure that the notice is given to all the co-workers prior to commencement of their duties. (2) Before the vote begins, the electoral board shall correct the register of voters in accordance with the following list of the retrospected Election certificates (§ 27 (6)), by including in the column for the ballot box "Wahlschein" or "W" on the eligible voters listed in this list. It shall, accordingly, correct the final certificate of the voters ' register in the column next to it and certify it at the place provided for. If the voting head subsequently receives the notification from the issuing of voting certificates in accordance with section 26 (4) sentence 3, he shall proceed according to sentences 1 and 2. (3) Before the vote begins, the electoral council shall be convinced that the ballot box shall be empty. The electoral head is closing the ballot box. It may no longer be opened until the end of the ballot. Unofficial table of contents

Section 47 Public opinion

During the election process as well as the determination and determination of the election result, everyone has access to the electoral area, to the extent that this is possible without disruption of the electoral business. Unofficial table of contents

§ 48 Order in the electoral area

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Section 49 Voting

(1) When the voter enters the electoral area, he shall receive an official ballot. The electoral council may order that he will show his/her election notification. (2) The voter enters the voting booth, identifies his ballot there and folds it there in such a way that his ballot is not visible. The electoral board shall ensure that only one voter and the elector remain in the voting booth for as long as necessary. (3) After that, the voter will join the table of the electoral board. On request, he shall make his/her election notification and, in particular if he does not submit his/her election notification, to be expletive of his/her person. (4) As soon as the author has found the name of the voter in the voters ' register, the The right to vote is established and there is no reason to reject the voter in accordance with paragraphs 6 and 7, the electoral authority shall release the ballot box. The voter throws the folded ballot into the ballot box. The author shall record the vote in the voters ' register in the column defined for this purpose. The members of the electoral board shall not have the power, if not the determination of the right to vote, to give information on the person of the voter so that they are taken to the attention of others in the electoral room. (5) (dropped) (6) The Electoral Council has to reject a voter who

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is not entered in the voters ' register and does not have a polling card,

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does not present a polling card, although a voting note (§ 29) is included in the voters ' register, unless it is established that it is not entered in the electoral register,

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already has a voting endorsement in the voters ' register, unless it proves that it has not yet chosen,

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marked or folded its ballot outside the voting booth, or

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has folded its ballot in such a way that its ballot is identifiable, or has provided it with an externally visible mark which is manifestly dangerous to the secrecy of the election; or

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for the head of the election, he or she wishes to make a number of or a non-officially produced ballot paper, or to cast a further item into the ballot box with the ballot paper.

A voter who has the conditions set out in the first sentence of sentence 1 and who has no objection to his or her confidence in the notification sent to him that he is registered in the voters ' register shall, if necessary, be resigned to the vote. inform the municipal authority that he can apply for a polling card until 3 p.m. (7) If the right to vote, the right to vote of a person registered in the voters ' register is to be objected to or will otherwise be taken from the centre of the Electoral board raised concerns about the admission of a voter to vote, according to the electoral Board shall decide on the admission or rejection. (8) If the voter has prescribed or inadvertably made his ballot paper or is rejected by the voter in accordance with paragraph 6 (4) to (6), he shall have a new ballot on request. after he has destroyed the old ballot in the presence of a member of the electoral board. Unofficial table of contents

Section 50 Voting of disabled voters

(1) A voter who is uneasy to read or is prevented from being physically impaired by labelling, folding or even throwing the ballot in the ballot box shall designate another person to whom he/she shall assist in the Voting will be carried out, and this will be announced to the Electoral Council. The aid may also be a member of the electoral board designated by the voter. (2) The assistance has to be limited to the fulfilment of the wishes of the elector. The assistant may, together with the voter, visit the voting booth to the extent necessary to provide assistance. (3) The assistant is obliged to maintain the confidentiality of the knowledge gained in the assistance of the choice of another person. (4) A voter who is blind or visually impaired can also use a ballot paper template to identify the ballot paper. Unofficial table of contents

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Section 52 Voting of voting rights of holders of a polling card

The holder of a polling card calls his name, points out, and passes the polling card to the electoral head. It shall examine the polling card. If there are doubts as to the validity of the electoral certificate or of the lawful possession, it shall inform the electoral Board as far as possible and shall decide on the authorisation or rejection of the holder. The procedure shall be noted in the voting record. The electoral member shall also retain the polling card in the event of rejection. Unofficial table of contents

Section 53 End of the Election

As soon as the election time has expired, this will be announced by the electoral head. From then on, only voters may be allowed to vote, which are in the electoral area. Access to the electoral area shall be blocked until the voters who are present have cast their votes; § 47 shall be observed. Next, the electoral head declares the election act closed.

Second subsection
Special arrangements

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Section 54 Election in special constituencies

(1) For voting in special electoral districts (§ 13), any person entitled to vote in the institution shall be admitted who has a valid polling card for the district or the non-circular city. (2) It is permissible for the various parts of the voting district to be eligible for voting rights. (3) The municipal authority shall, in agreement with the management of the institution, appoint a suitable electoral area. For the various parts of a special electoral district, different elective spaces can be determined. The municipal authority establishes the electoral space. (4) The municipal authority determines the electoral time for the special electoral district in agreement with the management of the institution within the framework of the general election time according to the actual need. (5) The management of the (6) The electoral board or his/her deputy and two co-sitters may be entitled to vote in accordance with paragraph 6. (6) The election period shall be announced on the basis of the voting time of the election. of a closed ballot box and of the required ballot papers also in the Sick rooms and sick beds go to the hospital. There, they accept the voting certificates and procedures in accordance with § § 52 and 49 (4) to (8). In doing so, bedridden voters must also be given the opportunity to label and unfold their ballot papers unobserved. The electoral officer or his/her deputy shall indicate to voters who wish to use the assistance of another person to vote in the vote, that they may also use a member of the electoral board designated by them as an auxiliary. At the end of the vote, the closed ballot box and the ballot boxes shall be immediately placed in the electoral area of the special electoral district. There, the ballot box shall be closed until the end of the general vote under the supervision of the electoral board. After that, their content is mixed with the contents of the general ballot box and counted together with the other votes of the Special Electoral District. (7) The public of the electoral process, as well as the identification and determination of the election result, should be guaranteed, if possible, by the presence of other persons entitled to vote. (8) The In particular, § 30 (1) of the Infection Protection Act must be taken into account in the case of patients with infectious diseases. (9) The election result of the Special Electoral District must not be determined before the end of the general election period. (10) In the The general provisions shall apply. Unofficial table of contents

§ 55 Voting in smaller hospitals and smaller old-or nursing homes

(1) The municipal authority shall, if necessary and as far as possible, in consultation with the management of a smaller hospital or a smaller old or nursing home, allow persons entitled to vote there, one for the county, to (2) The municipal authority agrees with the management of the institution the time of the vote within the general election period. The management of the institution shall, where necessary, provide an appropriate electoral space. The municipal authority is directing it. The management of the institution announces the place and time of the vote. (3) The movable electoral council shall enter the hospital or the old-person in the form of a closed ballot box and the required ballot papers. or nursing home, accept the voting certificates and proceed in accordance with § § 52 and 49 (4) to (8). The electoral officer or his/her deputy shall indicate to voters who wish to use the assistance of another person to vote in the vote, that they may also use a member of the electoral board designated by them as an auxiliary. At the end of the vote, the closed ballot box and the ballot boxes shall be immediately placed in the electoral area of the electoral district. There, the ballot box shall be closed until the end of the general vote under the supervision of the electoral board. After that, their content is mixed with the contents of the general ballot box and counted together with the votes of the electoral district. (4) § 54 (6) to (8) shall apply accordingly. In addition, the general provisions apply. Unofficial table of contents

Section 56 Voting in monasteries

The municipal authority shall, if necessary and as far as possible in consultation with the management of a convent, regulate the voting in the monastery in accordance with § 55. Unofficial table of contents

Section 57 Voting in social-therapeutic institutions and prisons

(1) In the case of social therapy institutions and prisons, the municipal authority shall, if necessary and as far as possible, provide an opportunity to ensure that the persons entitled to vote in the institution, the persons entitled to vote for the district or the constituency of the institution, are (2) The municipal authority agrees with the management of the institution the time of the vote within the general election time. The company's management provides an elective space. The municipal authority is directing it. The Management Board announcates the place and time of the vote and ensures that they can request the voting room to vote. (3) § 55 (3) and § 54 (6) to (8) shall apply accordingly. In addition, the general provisions apply. Unofficial table of contents

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Section 59 postal ballot

(1) Anyone who chooses by postal ballot shall personally mark the ballot paper, place it in the official ballot paper envelope and shall close it, sign the insurance in the form of a pre-printed insurance against the Eides instead of the postal ballot, stating the The day, the closed official ballot paper envelope and the signed ballot box shall be included in the official ballot letter envelope, shall close the ballot letter envelope and send the ballot letter by a postal company in good time to the postal address referred to in paragraph 2 competent authority indicated on the ballot letter envelope. The election letter may also be issued at this point. Once the ballot letter has been received by the competent authority, it shall no longer be returned. (2) The postal ballot letters must be received by the district or town returning officer of the district or town for which the ballot box is valid. If on the basis of an order pursuant to Section 5 (2) of the European Elections Act postal ballot board members are formed for individual or several municipalities within a circle, the postal ballot letters must be received by the municipal authority which issued the voting certificates. (3) The ballot paper shall be marked unobserved and shall be placed in the ballot paper envelope; section 49 (8) shall apply accordingly. § 50 shall apply mutas to the voting rights of disabled voters. If the voter has left the ballot to mark the ballot paper by an assistant, it shall be confirmed by subwriting the assurance to Eides instead of the postal ballot, that it has marked the ballot in accordance with the voter's stated will; The help person must be the 16. (4) In hospitals, nursing homes, homes for the elderly, nursing homes, recreational homes, social therapy institutions and prisons, as well as joint accommodation, provision should be made for the ballot paper to be made available to the public. Unobserved and can be placed in the ballot paper envelope. The management of the facility shall determine a suitable space, shall arrange for its equipment, and shall disclose to the persons entitled to vote the time in which the space is available for the exercise of the postal ballot. Section 49 (8) shall apply. (5) The municipal authority shall have the lines of the facilities in its municipal territory at the latest by the 13. Days before the election to the regulation of paragraph 4.

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Identification and determination of election results

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Section 60 Determination and determination of the election result in the electoral district

Following the election act, the electoral head shall determine the election result without interruption in the electoral district. He notes

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the number of persons entitled to vote,

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the number of voters,

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the figures of valid and invalid votes,

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the figures for the valid votes cast for each nominations.

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Section 61 census of voters

Before the ballot box is opened, all unused ballot papers will be removed from the voting table. The ballot papers of the ballot box are then taken out, unfolded and counted. At the same time, the number of votes cast in the voters ' register and the number of voting certificates received are determined. If there is no agreement, even after repeated counting, this is to be noted in the voting record and, where possible, to be explained. Unofficial table of contents

Section 62 Counting of votes

(1) After counting the ballot papers as well as the voting notes and the voting certificates, several co-sitters, under the supervision of the electoral supervisor, form the following stacks of ballot papers which they retain under supervision:

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separate stacks of ballot papers, on which the votes have been cast without doubt in respect of the respective nominations, by nominations;

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a stack with the unmarked ballot papers.

Ballot papers giving rise to concerns shall be excluded and taken into custody by a convoy appointed by the head of the board to do so. (2) The co-sitters who cast the ballot papers ordered by nominations (paragraph 1, first sentence, no. 1) under their ballot papers shall be held in custody. The individual stacks shall be transferred successively to one part of the head of the election, and to the other part of his deputy. These check whether the labelling of the ballot papers of each batch is identical and indicate to each batch according to the voting proposal for which the vote has been cast. If a ballot paper gives cause for concern to the electoral head or his deputy, they shall add the ballot papers which are separated out in accordance with the second sentence of paragraph 1. (3) The ballot box shall examine the unmarked ballot papers (first sentence of the first sentence of paragraph 1). 2), which shall be handed over to him by the co-sitter, who has it in custody. The electoral board states in each case that the vote is invalid. (4) According to this, two successive members of the electoral board shall count the stacks of ballot papers examined in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 under mutual control, and identify the two Number of valid votes cast for each nominations, as well as the number of invalid votes. The figures are transferred as subtotals to the voting document. (5) In the end, the electoral head decides on the validity of the votes cast on the separate ballot papers. The electoral head shall disclose the decision orally and shall state in the valid votes for which nomination the vote has been cast. He shall record on the back of each ballot paper whether and for which nomination the vote is valid or whether it has been declared invalid and shall include the ballot papers with serial numbers. The number of votes in question shall be transferred as subtotals to the voting document. (6) The figures of the invalid votes cast in accordance with paragraphs 4 and 5 shall be sent by the author in the Random copy together. Two co-legislates appointed by the electoral board review the concensus. If a member of the electoral board asks for a new count of the votes to be recounted prior to the signing of the electoral document, the vote shall be repeated in accordance with paragraphs 1 to 5. The reasons for the re-counting are to be noted in the voting record. (7) The convoy appointed by the electoral board shall collect

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the ballot paper shall be separated in accordance with the election proposals to which the vote has been cast;

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the unmarked ballot papers,

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the ballot papers that have given rise to concerns

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Section 63 announcement of the result of the election

Following the findings in accordance with § 60, the electoral head shall disclose the election result in the electoral district with the information referred to in this provision verbally. The members of the electoral board shall not be informed of any other than the positions referred to in § 64 before the signing of the electoral record (section 65 (1) sentence 2). Unofficial table of contents

Section 64 Rapid reports, preliminary election results

(1) As soon as the election result is established in the electoral district, the electoral officer shall report it to the district or city returning officer. If a municipality is divided into several constituencies, the head of the election shall report the election result of his electoral district to the municipal authority, which shall summon the election results of all the constituencies of the municipality and the district returning officer reports. (2) The report will be reported in the fastest possible way (e.g. by telephone or other electronic means). It contains the figures

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the persons entitled to vote,

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the voter,

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the valid and invalid votes,

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the valid votes cast for each nomination.

(3) The constituency returning officer shall determine the provisional election result in the circle after the rapid reports. According to the rapid reports, the city returning officer determines the provisional election result in the district-free city. With the inclusion of the results of the postal ballot (§ 68 (4)), the district and city returning officers share the preliminary election results in the fastest way possible to the Land returning officer. The Land returning officer immediately reports the results of the incoming county and city results to the Federal Returning Officer. (4) The Land returning officer determines the provisional numerical result of the election according to the rapid reports by the district and town returning officers. (5) The Federal Returning Officer shall determine the provisional election result in the electoral area in accordance with Section 71 of the Rapid Reports of the Land returning officers. (6) The election leaders shall give after the execution of the without There may be a possible review of the election of the Preliminary election results are known orally or in a suitable other form. The Federal Returning Officer shall announce the provisional election result in the electoral area at the earliest when the vote is finished in all the Member States of the European Union. (7) The quick reports of the electoral boards, municipal authorities and county and City returning officers shall be reimbursed in accordance with the model of Appendix 24. The Land returning officer may make arrangements for the manner in which the transmission is made. It may also arrange for the election results of the electoral districts and the municipalities to be communicated simultaneously to the district or town returning officer and to him. The results communicated shall not be taken into account by the Land returning officer in the determination of the provisional election result in the country until the communication of the district returning officer referred to in the third sentence of paragraph 3 has been received. Unofficial table of contents

Section 65 Election

(1) In the course of the election process and the identification and determination of the results of the election, a record shall be produced by the secretary in accordance with the model of Appendix 25. The minutes shall be approved and signed by the members of the electoral board. If a member of the electoral board refuses the signature, the reason for this is to be noted in the voting record. With their signature, the members of the electoral board approve the voting document. Decisions pursuant to section 49 (7), 52 sentence 3 and section 62 (5) as well as decisions on the status of the election act or in the determination and determination of the election result must be noted in the voting record. The voting record shall be accompanied by the ballot papers on which the electoral council has particularly decided in accordance with Section 62 (5) and the voting certificates, on which the electoral council has particularly decided in accordance with § 52 sentence 3. (2) The electoral head has the The municipal authority shall send the municipal authority to the district returning officer the election copies of the annexes immediately to the municipal authority. (3) The municipal authority shall send the constituency returning officer the election copies of its electoral board with the facilities to the fastest Ways. If the municipality consists of several electoral districts, it shall include a compilation of the election results of the individual electoral districts in accordance with the model of Annex 26. (4) Electoral boards, municipal authorities and district and city returning officers shall be responsible for ensuring that: that the voter addresses with the annexes are not accessible. Unofficial table of contents

Section 66 Submission and custody of the electoral documents

(1) If the electoral head has completed his/her task, the head of the election shall, in each case, be packed with

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the ballot papers, arranged and bundled by the votes for the individual election proposals and by unmarked ballot papers,

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the voting certificates received,

as far as they are not attached to the electoral document, the individual packages are sealed, they are provided with an indication of their contents and shall be handed over to the municipal authority. Until the date of delivery to the municipal authority, the electoral authority shall ensure that the documents listed in points 1 to 3 are not available to unauthorized persons. (2) The municipal authority shall keep the packages until the destruction of the Election documents are permitted (§ 83). It has to ensure that the packages are not accessible to unauthorized persons. (3) The electoral board gives the municipal authority the documents and equipment made available to him in accordance with § 42, as well as the received election notifications. (4) The municipal authority shall submit the documents referred to in paragraph 1, on request, to the district or district returning officer. If only parts of a package are requested, the municipal authority cancels the package in the presence of two witnesses, takes the requested part and seals the packet again. The process shall be completed with a signature to be signed by all parties concerned. Unofficial table of contents

Section 67 Treatment of electoral letters, preparation of the determination and determination of the results of the postal ballot

(1) The body responsible for the receipt of the postal ballot letters (Section 59 (2)) collects the postal ballot letters unopened and keeps them under closure. It shall record the day and time of receipt received on each election day after the end of the voting period, on the election letters received from the following day only the date of the entry. (2) (3) Letters of ballot received late shall be sent by the competent authority shall be provided with the notice referred to in paragraph 1 and shall be packed unopened. The package is sealed by it, provided with an indication of the contents and kept until the destruction of the postal ballot letters is permitted (§ 83). It must ensure that the unauthorised package is not accessible. (4) The competent authority, in the cases of the formation of a postal ballot board for several municipalities in accordance with Section 7 (3), of the municipal authority responsible for carrying out the postal ballot, distribute the postal ballots to the individual postal ballot boards, submit to each of the postal ballots the list of the voyages declared invalid, and the supplements, or the notification that no voyages have been declared invalid (§ 27 (9)), provides for the provision and equipping of the electoral area and (5) If a postal ballot has been established for several municipalities, the municipal authorities of the municipal authority responsible for carrying out the postal ballot shall all have until the day before the To forward election letters received to them by 12.00 noon on the election day and to forward all other postal ballot letters received before the end of the election period to the fastest possible way after the end of the election period. Unofficial table of contents

Section 68 Admission of the postal ballot letters, identification and determination of the results of the postal ballot

(1) A member of the postal ballot board, designated by the postal ballot board, opens the ballot letters one after the other and takes the ballot and the ballot paper envelope. If the polling card is listed in a list of invalidated voting certificates or concerns are raised against the validity of the ballot box, the relevant postal ballot letters and contents shall be spun out under the control of the postal ballot box. and subsequently to treat it in accordance with paragraph 2. The ballot paper envelopes taken from the other ballot letters are thrown into the ballot box unopened; the polling cards are collected. (2) If there are concerns raised against a letter of election, the postal ballot board shall decide on the admission or Reject. The postal ballot letter shall be rejected by the postal ballot box if there is a crime in accordance with § 4 of the European Elections Act in conjunction with section 39 (4) sentence 1 no. 2 to 8 of the Federal Elections Act. The number of persons complained of, who are authorised to vote after a special decision, and the number of letters which have been rejected are to be noted in the electoral record. The rejected letters of ballot are to be sent out together with the contents, to be marked with a note on the grounds of refusal, to be closed again and to be numbered consecutively. The consigners of rejected postal ballots are not counted as voters; their votes are deemed not to be cast (Section 4 of the European Elections Act in conjunction with Section 39 (4) sentence 2 of the Federal Elections Act). (3) After the ballot paper envelopes the Ballot letters have been taken and thrown into the ballot box, but not before the end of the general election period, and the postal ballot board shall determine the outcome of the election with the information referred to in § 60 under points 2 to 4. § § 61 to 63 apply accordingly, with the proviso that the ballot paper envelopes are to be counted unopened first and empty ballot paper envelopes in accordance with § 62 (1) sentence 1 no. 2, para. 3 and 7 no. 2 as well as ballot paper envelopes, which are several (4) As soon as the result of the postal ballot has been determined, it shall report to the constituency of the postal ballot on the quickest possible route, or City returning officer. If, on the basis of an order pursuant to section 5 (2) of the European Elections Act, postal ballot board members have been formed for individual or several municipalities, the postal ballot board shall report the results of the postal ballot to the municipal authority responsible for it, which shall include it in the Quick report for the area of the municipality takes over. The rapid reports shall be reimbursed in accordance with the model of Appendix 24. (5) On the admission of the postal ballot letters and the identification and determination of the results of the postal ballot, a copy shall be made by the secretary in accordance with the model of Appendix 27. These shall be attached

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the ballot papers and ballot papers on which the Postal Ballot Officer has particularly decided in accordance with Section 62 (5),

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the postal ballot letters rejected by the Postal Ballot Board,

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the voting certificates on which the Postal Ballot Board has decided, without the election letters being rejected.

(6) The Head of the postal ballot shall immediately hand over the electoral document with the annexes to the district or town returning officer. If the postal ballot board has been formed for one or more municipalities within a circle, the voting document shall be handed over to the municipal authority's annexes or to the municipal authority responsible for carrying out the postal ballot. The competent municipal authority shall send the constituency returning officer the election copies of the postal ballot board members and shall, where necessary, add together the postal ballot results in accordance with the model of Appendix 26. Section 65 (4) shall apply mutas. (7) The postal ballot box shall package the voting documents in accordance with section 66 (1) and hand them over to the district or town returning officer who shall keep them until their destruction is permitted (§ 83). If postal ballot members have been formed for individual or several municipalities within a circle, the postal ballot shall hand over the documents of the body which convened the postal ballot. This procedure is based on § 66 (2) to (4). § 65 (4) applies accordingly. (8) In addition, the provisions in force for the electoral board are applicable to the activities of the postal ballot board. (9) The election result of the postal ballot shall be referred by the county or town returning officer to the rapid alert after § 64 (3) and incorporated into the compilation of the final election result of the district or of the county-free city pursuant to § 69. (10) The Federal Returning Officer shall establish that in the electoral area the regular carriage of ballot letters as a result of Natural disasters or similar events of force majeure have been affected by this in the case of an election to be held after the event has been resolved, and at the latest by the 22. The day after the election at the competent authority (Section 59 (2)), received in due time, if they had been received without the disturbance at the latest on the election day until 18.00. In this case, postal ballot letters sent in the electoral area shall be deemed to have been received at the latest from the second day before the election as soon as possible. The postal ballot letters which have been received in due time shall be transferred to the competent postal ballot board in the shortest possible time for the subsequent determination of the results of the postal ballot, provided that the county or town returning officer determines that the letters referred to in § 7 No 1 required number of ballot letters. If this number is undershot for individual postal ballot board members, the district or city returning officer shall determine which postal ballot board of the district or the district-free city shall be referred to the election letters affected by the event. If the number of ballot letters required by Section 7 (1) falls below the circle or in the county-free city, the district or city returning officer shall determine which postal ballot board decides on the admission or rejection of the postal ballot letters and which postal ballot of the circle or town decides on the validity of the votes cast and the subsequent determination of the result of the postal ballot is to be taken. In addition, the Land returning officer may make arrangements to adapt to the special circumstances in individual cases. Unofficial table of contents

Section 69 Determination and determination of the election results in the district or in the county-free city

(1) The district or town returning officer shall examine the election copies of the electoral directors for completeness and regularity. The final result of the election in the district or in the county-free city according to the nominations for election shall be classified according to the electoral rules and shall be classified according to the model of Appendix 26 by postal ballot. In doing so, the constituency returning officer for the municipalities shall form subtotals, as far as possible, for the postal ballot results as well. If there are concerns about the regularity of the election business from the voting document or for any other reason, it shall inform the district or city returning officer as far as possible. (2) After reporting by the district or city returning officer the county or city election committee determines the election result in the district or in the district-free city. He notes

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the number of persons entitled to vote,

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the number of voters,

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the figures of valid and invalid votes,

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the figures for the valid votes cast for each nominations.

The county or city election committee is entitled to correct the findings of the electoral board and to decide on the validity of votes cast in a different way. He notices outstanding concerns in the minutes. (3) As a result of the finding, the district or city returning officer gives the result of the election orally with the information referred to in the second sentence of paragraph 2. (4) The minutes of the meeting (§ 5 (7) shall be made in accordance with the model of Appendix 28. The minutes and the compilation of the results of the election in accordance with the model of Annex 26 shall be made by all the members of the group of county or city elections who took part in the trial and by the author. (5) The district or city returning officer shall send the Land returning officer and the Federal Returning Officer a copy of the minutes of the district or city election committee with the associated composition in the quickest possible way. Unofficial table of contents

Section 70 Determination and determination of the results of the election in the country

(1) The Land returning officer shall examine the electoral rules of the district and city electoral committees and shall thereafter establish the final election results in the individual districts and towns of the country (section 69 (2)) in accordance with the model of Annex 26. After reporting by the Land returning officer, the Land Electoral Committee shall determine the outcome of the election in the country. He notes

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the number of persons entitled to vote,

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the number of voters,

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the figures of valid and invalid votes,

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the figures for the valid votes cast for each nominations.

The Land Electoral Committee is entitled to make mathematically corrections to the findings of the electoral boards as well as to the district and city electoral committees. (3) Following the determination, the Land returning officer shall give the election result with the results of the election. (4) The minutes of the meeting (section 5 (7)) must be completed on the basis of the model of Appendix 29. (5) The Land returning officer shall send the Federal Returning Officer a copy of the minutes with the determination of the election result for the country as well as a compilation of the election results in the individual cases. Districts and towns and cities of the country (paragraph 1). Unofficial table of contents

Section 71 Final determination and determination of the outcome of the election in the electoral area

(1) The Federal Returning Officer shall examine the electoral offices of the Land electoral committees. It shall be determined in accordance with the minutes of the Land electoral committees as well as of the district and municipal election committees

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the figures of the valid votes cast on the nominations nominations for each nomination, in accordance with the model of Annex 26;

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the total number of valid votes cast in the electoral area, and

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the percentage of the percentage of votes cast by each of the eligible voters in the electoral area in the total number of valid votes.

In accordance with Section 2 (2) (2) to (7) of the European Elections Act, it calculates the votes of the nominations and distributes the seats to the individual election proposals. Accordingly, it calculates how the seats to which a list connection has been established are distributed among the lists involved (Section 2 (6) of the European Elections Act) of the eligible nomination. (2) According to reports by the The Federal Electoral Committee shall determine the overall result of the election. He shall establish for the electoral area

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the number of persons entitled to vote,

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the number of voters,

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the figures of valid and invalid votes,

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the figures of the valid votes cast on the nominations of the individual nominations,

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which election proposals pursuant to Section 2 (7) of the European Elections Act

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participate in the distribution of seats,

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the distribution of seats shall not be taken into account,

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the number of seats to be allocated to the individual nominations to be taken into consideration;

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the chosen candidates with the surname, the first name, the profession or status, the year of birth, the place of birth and the address (main residence).

The Federal Electoral Committee is entitled to make mathematically corrections to the findings of the Land Electoral Committees. (3) Following the investigation and determination, the Federal Returning Officer shall give the result of the election with the second sentence of the second sentence of paragraph 2 of this Article. up to 6 indicated verbally. At the same time, it points out that it is announcting the finding in paragraph 2, second sentence, No. 7, by means of a notice in the meeting room. In the case of proof in accordance with section 37 (1) sentence 3, the address (main residence) must be given in place of the address (main residence). (4) The minutes of the meeting (§ 5 (7)) shall be completed in accordance with the model of the Appendix 30. (5) The Federal Returning Officer shall inform the Land returning officers which candidates are elected. Unofficial table of contents

Section 72 Announcement of final election results

(1) As soon as the findings of all election committees have been concluded,

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the Federal Returning Officer shall have the final election result for the electoral area with the information referred to in section 71 (2), second sentence, points 1 to 6, and the name of the candidates elected,

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the Land returning officer shall have the final election result for the country with the information referred to in Article 70 (2) sentence 2

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Section 73 Notification of the selected candidates

(1) The Federal Returning Officer shall notify the candidates declared elected by the Federal Electoral Committee after the oral announcement of the final election result, and shall inform them of the provisions of Sections 19 and 21 (1) of the European Elections Act. In the event of a repeat election (Section 4 of the European Elections Act in conjunction with Section 44 of the Federal Elections Act), he notifies the elected by means of service (Section 80 (1)) and points them to the provisions of Section 21 (2) and Section 4 of the European Elections Act (Europaelectoral Law) in connection with Section 44 (4) sentence 2 of the Federal Elections Act (Bundeswahlgesetz). (2) The Federal Returning Officer immediately notifies the President of the German Bundestag if an elected candidate has rejected the election. In the event of a repeat election (Section 4 of the European Elections Act in conjunction with Section 44 of the Federal Elections Act), he shall immediately inform the following days after the expiry of the period laid down in § 4 of the European Elections Act in conjunction with Section 44 (4) sentence 2 of the Federal Elections Act. the declarations of acceptance of the chosen candidates have been received and which candidates have rejected the election. In the cases of Section 21 (2) sentence 2 of the European Elections Act, he shall inform you on which days the notifications have been delivered. Unofficial table of contents

Section 74 Review of the election by the Land returning officers and the Federal Returning Officer

(1) The Land returning officers and the Federal Returning Officer shall examine whether the election has been carried out in accordance with the provisions of the European Elections Act, this Regulation and the Federal Electoral Ordinance Regulation in the respectively applicable version. According to the result of their examination, they decide whether to appeal against the election (Section 26 (1) of the European Elections Act in conjunction with § 2 para. 2 of the Electoral Examination Act). (2) On request, the district and city returning officers have to Federal Returning Officer and, via this, the Federal Returning Officer, to send the electoral documents available to them and to the municipalities. The Federal Returning Officer may require the Land returning officers to send him the electoral documents that are available to him.

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Re-election, repeat choice, appointment of list followers

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§ 75 Post-election

(1) As soon as it is established that the election may not be carried out as a result of force majeure or for other reasons, the district or district returning officer shall elect the election and shall make public the fact that a re-election will take place. He shall immediately inform the Land returning officer and the Land returning officer of the Federal Returning Officer. (2) In the case of re-election, the electoral lists drawn up for the main election shall be made in accordance with the nominations for the main election, in the nominations for the main election (3) In the case of a re-election, the voting certificates issued for the main election shall remain valid. New voting certificates may only be issued by the municipalities of the area in which the re-election takes place. (4) The Land returning officer may, in individual cases, make arrangements for adaptation to special circumstances. (5) The Land returning officer makes the day of the Post-election is publicly known. Unofficial table of contents

§ 76 Re-election

(1) The electoral procedure shall be renewed only in so far as it is necessary after the decision in the electoral procedure. (2) If the election is repeated only in individual constituencies, the demarcation of those electoral districts shall not be changed. Otherwise, the election should be repeated as far as possible in the same electoral districts as in the case of the main election. Electoral rules may be re-established and re-election spaces re-determined. (3) If the repeat election is due to irregularities in the preparation and handling of voter registers, then the procedure shall be followed by the procedure in the constituencies concerned. (4) Voters who have lost their right to vote since the primary election are not subject to any restrictions on the choice of the voters ' register. (4) in the voters ' register. If the election is repeated only in individual constituencies before the end of six months after the primary election, those entitled to vote for the main election may participate in the election only if they have received their ballot in the election certificate. (5) Election certificates may only be issued by municipalities in the area in which the re-election takes place. If the election is repeated only in individual constituencies before the end of six months after the primary election, persons who have chosen to vote in the main elections in these constituencies shall, upon request, receive their ballot with a validity note (6) Election proposals can only be amended if this is the result of the election examination decision. (7) The Land returning officer can within the scope of the election examination decision. Election examination decision Regulations to adjust the re-election procedure of special circumstances. Unofficial table of contents

§ 77 vocation of list-after-followers

(1) In the case of a list succession, the Federal Returning Officer shall notify the next list applicant by means of service (Section 80 (1)) and shall refer the case to the provision of section 21 (2) of the European Elections Act. He shall invite him to write to him in writing within one week whether he/she accepts the succession and to insure in lieu of the oath that he does not excede from the party or other political association to which the list is a member, or has become a different party or other political union. The Federal Returning Officer shall determine who, as a list successor, enters the European Parliament, and shall inform the President of the European Elections Act, of the acceptance of the insurance against Eides. (2) German Bundestag, the surname, the first name, the occupation or status, the year of birth, the place of birth and the address (main apartment) of the list successor as well as the day on which his admission declaration has been received, immediately with. In the case of Section 21 (2) sentence 2 of the European Elections Act, the Federal Returning Officer shall inform the Federal Returning Officer of the date on which the notification has been sent and when the successor in the list acquires the membership of the European Parliament. (3) The Federal Returning Officer In accordance with Section 72 (1) (1), it shall disclose to the public which candidate has entered the European Parliament and at which time he has acquired the membership of the European Parliament, and shall send a copy of the Announcement to the President of the German Bundestag. The President of the German Bundestag shall immediately inform the President of the European Parliament of the list succession. (4) An unelected candidate or substitute applicant shall lose his or her nominee as a successor in the list if he/she is Federal Returning Officer, in writing, declares his rejection. The rejection cannot be revoked.

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Transitional and final provisions

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Section 78a Examination of the eligibility of German applicants in other Member States

(1) If the Federal Returning Officer is informed by another Member State of the European Union that a German national is to be eligible for election there, he shall immediately obtain a certificate of management on the latter pursuant to Article 31 (1) of the The Federal Central Register Act (Bundeszentralregistergesetz) and the notification of the other Member State shall also immediately inform the competent municipal authority of the time limit referred to in the first sentence of paragraph 2 for the purpose of examining its eligibility for eligibility. The municipal authority is responsible for the municipality which is to be assigned the last address of the German national in Germany as indicated in the notice. The municipal authority shall inform the Federal Returning Officer within the time-limit of the outcome of the examination and, if necessary, inform the Federal Returning Officer of the date and the file number of the decision which precludes the exclusion from eligibility for eligibility. (2) The Federal Returning Officer shall, within five working days of receipt of the notification from the Member State, send the other Member State, if possible, in a shorter period, the information as to whether the German citizen is in Germany is excluded from eligibility, and in the case of an existing exclusion the eligibility of the information referred to in the third sentence of paragraph 1. It shall immediately communicate the information referred to in the first sentence to the Member State if it does not have it before the end of the period referred to in the first sentence. Unofficial table of contents

Section 79 Public announcements

(1) The public notices prescribed in accordance with the European Elections Act and this Regulation shall be made by the Federal Ministry of the Interior in the Federal Gazette, the Federal Returning Officer in the Federal Gazette, the Land returning officers in the State Gazette, or Ministerial or Official Journal of the State Government or of the Ministry of the Interior, the district or town returning officers in the Official Journals or Newspapers, which are generally designated for notices of counties or county-free towns, the municipal authorities in as usual. (2) For the public announcement according to § 5 (3) The content of the public notices required under the European Elections Act and this Regulation can be added to the Internet in addition to the Internet. will be published. In this connection, the integrity, completeness and origin allocation of the publication according to the current state of the art must be ensured. Instead of an address, only the place of residence shall be indicated. Personal data in Internet publications of public notices pursuant to § 37 shall be published no later than six months after the date of the announcement of the final election result, of public announcements pursuant to § 72 (1) and 77 (3) no later than six months after the end of the parliamentary term. Unofficial table of contents

§ 80 Insurances, insurance in lieu of Eides

(1) In the case of deliveries, the Federal Act of Administration shall apply in the version in force. (2) The respective municipal authority shall be responsible for the insurance of the oath in accordance with Section 17 (5), Article 17a (3) and Article 32 (3) (2). Acceptance in charge. Unofficial table of contents

Section 81 Procurement of ballot papers and forms

(1) The district or city returning officer procures

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The voting certificates (Appendix 8), unless the municipal authority procures them in consultation with the district or city returning officer,

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the ballot paper envelopes for the postal ballot (Annex 9),

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the ballot envelopes (Annex 10), if only at its registered office is the result of the postal ballot; and

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the leaflets for postal ballot (Annex 11),

if not the Land returning officer takes over the procurement. (2) The Land returning officer procures

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(dropped)

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(dropped)

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the forms for the submission of a list for a country (Annex 12);

4.

the forms of support signatures for lists for a country (Annex 14);

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the forms for the insurance on oath, rather than for citizens of the Union, to provide proof of the right to vote in favour of a list of lists for a country (Annex 14A);

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the forms for the declarations of consent of the proposed candidates with the insurance of oath rather than to the exclusion of multiple applications (Annex 15),

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the forms for certifying the eligibility of the proposed candidates (Annex 16),

6a.

the forms for the certificate of residence of an apartment and of the non-exclusion of eligibility for Union citizens (Annex 16A),

6b.

the forms for the insurance of oath, instead of Article 11 (2), first sentence, No. 1c of the European Elections Act (Annex 16B),

7.

the forms for the minutes relating to the list of candidates for the list for a country (Annex 17),

8.

the forms for the insurance of oath instead of the applicant (Annex 19); and

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the ballot paper (Annex 22).

(2a) The Land returning officer may, in order to save costs, take over the pressure or the dispatch of the election notification or both in whole or in part in accordance with Section 18 (1) sentence 1. The municipal authorities shall forward to the Land returning officer or the body designated by him in good time the data and documents required for this purpose. (3) The Federal Returning Officer shall procure

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(dropped)

2.

the applications and factsheets for the exercise of the right to vote by persons entitled to vote in accordance with Section 6 (1) (2b) and (2) of the European Elections Act (Annex 2),

2a.

the applications and factsheets for the exercise of the right to vote by persons entitled to vote in accordance with Section 6 (3) of the European Elections Act (Annex 2A),

2b.

the uniform forms for the exchange of information between Member States (Annex 2B),

2c.

the applications and factsheets for the applications pursuant to section 17b (2), not to be listed in the voters ' register (Annex 2C),

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the forms for the submission of a common list for all countries (Annex 13);

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the forms for the support signatures for common lists for all countries (Annex 14);

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the forms for the insurance of the oath, rather than for citizens of the Union, to provide proof of the right to vote for the support signatures for common lists for all countries (Annex 14A),

5.

the forms for the declarations of consent of the proposed candidates with the insurance of oath rather than to the exclusion of multiple applications (Annex 15),

6.

the forms for certifying the eligibility of the proposed candidates (Annex 16),

6a.

the forms for the certificate of residence of an apartment and of the non-exclusion of eligibility for Union citizens (Annex 16A),

6b.

the forms for the insurance of oath, instead of Article 11 (2), first sentence, No. 1c of the European Elections Act (Annex 16B),

6c.

(dropped)

7.

the forms for the minutes on the list of candidates for the common list for all countries (Annex 18);

8.

the forms for the insurance of oath instead of the applicant (Annex 19); and

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the forms for a declaration on the exclusion from the connection of nominations (Annex 21).

(4) The municipal authority shall procure the forms required for the electoral districts and municipalities, unless the federal, state, county or town returning officers take over the delivery. (5) The procurement of the forms and forms according to the annexes 2, 2A to 2C, 5, 6A, 7, 8, 12 to 16B, 17 to 21, 23 to 25 and 27 to 30 can also be made by electronic deployment. Unofficial table of contents

Section 82 Security of electoral documents

(1) The voters ' registers, the voting lists, the lists in accordance with Article 27 (8), second sentence and section 28 (1), the forms with supporting signatures for election proposals as well as received election notifications must be preserved in such a way that: (2) Information on voter registers, voting certificates and directories pursuant to § 27 (8) sentence 2 and § 28 (1) may only be used by authorities, courts and other official bodies of the Electoral territory and only if it is granted to the recipient in connection with the Choice is required. In particular, such an occasion shall be subject to the suspicion of electoral offences, election-examination matters and electoral statistical work. (3) Members of electoral bodies, public officials and public servants may be required to pay special Information on support signatures for election proposals only authorities, courts and other official bodies of the electoral area, and only if the information on the conduct of the election or of an electoral examination procedure or for the clarification of the information the suspicion of an electoral offence is required. Unofficial table of contents

Section 83 Destruction of electoral documents

(1) The received election notifications shall be immediately destroyed. (2) Voting lists, voting certificates, directories pursuant to § 27 (8) sentence 2 and § 28 (1) as well as forms with support signatures for election proposals shall be destroyed at the end of six months since the election, unless the Federal Returning Officer arranges otherwise, with regard to a pending electoral procedure, or to the law enforcement authority for the purpose of determining an electoral offence of (3) The remaining voting documents may be held 60 days before the election. of the new European Parliament. The Land returning officer may allow the documents to be destroyed earlier, provided that they cannot be relevant to a pending electoral review procedure or to the law enforcement authority in order to determine an electoral offence. Unofficial table of contents

Section 84

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§ 85 Urban-State Clause

In the Länder of Berlin, Bremen and Hamburg, the Senate determines which bodies carry out the tasks assigned to the municipal authority in the law and in this regulation. Unofficial table of contents

Section 86 Proof of non-exclusion from eligibility

According to Article 6 (3) of the European Elections Act, eligible citizens of the European Union and Germans who do not have an apartment in the Federal Republic of Germany and who otherwise do not normally have an apartment in the Federal Republic of Germany have to prove the non-exclusion of eligibility for eligibility. (§ 32 (6)) to apply for a certificate pursuant to Section 30 (5) of the Federal Central Register Act (Bundeszentralregistergesetz). If the certificate is issued at the request of a Union citizen, it shall be sent directly to the competent municipal authority; if the certificate is issued at the request of a German citizen, the certificate shall be sent directly to the competent municipal authority. Federal Ministry of the Interior to send. Unofficial table of contents

Section 87 Transitional regime

(1) Applications by Union citizens pursuant to § 17a which have led to the registration in the voters ' register shall not be destroyed, contrary to § 83; they shall be kept separately. On the basis of these requests, the municipal authority shall immediately make an entry under section 2 (2) (1) (b) of the Reporting Framework Act for each citizen of the Union concerned. After that, the applications are to be followed in accordance with § 83. If the citizen of the Union is withdrawn from the home in the municipality in which he has been entered in the voters ' register, the competent authority responsible and each reporting authority responsible for a further move shall inform the reporting authority of the new flat. for the purpose of making an entry in accordance with § 2 (2) (1) (b) of the Reporting Framework Act on the entry into the voters ' register. In accordance with the recommendations of the Commission, the exchange of information between the Member States in accordance with Article 17a (5) sentence 3 shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of the third sentence of Article 17a (5) of the Regulation. of the European Union. Unofficial table of contents

Section 88

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Appendix 1

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Annex 2 (to section 17 (5))
Application for entry in the voters ' register for Germans

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2558-2563;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

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Feature sheet
on the application for registration in the voters ' register
and to the insurance of Eides
Persons entitled to vote who are still registered in the Federal Republic of Germany for an apartment shall not submit the application.

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Applications for registration in the voters 'nomenclature may in principle only participate in the election to the European Parliament in the Federal Republic of Germany if they are entered in a voters' register in the Federal Republic of Germany Germans living outside the Federal Republic of Germany and who are not registered in the Federal Republic of Germany for an apartment shall be subject only to formal application (official form) and only after the lodging of an insurance on oath instead of in a voter's register, provided that it

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either on the Election Day for at least three months in the territories of the other Member States of the European Union (see explanation below), or have otherwise usually held an apartment, with the three-month period an immediately preceding stay in the Federal Republic of Germany is credited;

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or the completion of their 14. Life year for at least three months uninterrupted in the Federal Republic of Germany ^*) have held an apartment or otherwise habituated, and that stay is no longer than 25 years,

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or, for other reasons, have personally and directly acquired familiarity with the political conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany and have been affected by them. See also the Explanatory Notes below.

For each applicant, a special form (in first and two-way production) must be completed. Requests for collection are not possible. The application should be made at the earliest possible date; it must be submitted at the latest by the 21. The date of the election shall be submitted to the competent municipal authority in the original. The application deadline may not be extended. The person entitled to vote in the voters ' register shall not be notified of the registration. At the earliest possible application, the polling card and the postal ballot documents will be available to him. 1 month before election day. In the case of a continuation from the Federal Republic of Germany *), please note:

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Who's already before the 35. On the day before the election from the Federal Republic of Germany *), it must apply for registration in the voters ' register.

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Who's only after the 35. Day before the election blows, d. h. does not register until after this date, does not need to submit this application. In such a case, the register shall be entered in the voters ' register.

When returning to the Federal Republic of Germany:

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Anyone who returns to the Federal Republic of Germany and who is here before the 35. The day before the election for an apartment shall not be filed, this application may not be filed, because it is entered into a voters ' register at the place of access by the office of the office.

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Who's before the 21? The applicant shall not be required to file this request any more because he/she will be entered in the voters ' register of his or her place of access in the Federal Republic of Germany if he wishes to speak at the time of the application. However, if an application has already been submitted, the right to vote shall be exercised in the place where the applicant has been entered in the voters ' register.

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Who's only after the 21. The application must be submitted to the Federal Republic of Germany on the day before the election in Germany. Place the day before the election with the competent municipal authority, because otherwise it will no longer be entered in a voters ' register.

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The competent municipal authority to which the application is to be sent is the municipal authority of the last-reported-main-residence in the Federal Republic of Germany *). For Germans who have never been registered in the Federal Republic of Germany, the competent authority shall be responsible for: Authority the district office in the centre of Berlin, district electoral office, Müllerstraße 146, 13353 Berlin.For seafarers who are not to be entered into the voters ' register by office.Special provisions according to § 16 paragraph 2, point 4 of the European Electoral Regulations (EuWO) apply.

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The name of the vessel, the name of the shipowner, the seat of the shipowner (the place and the state) shall be filled by seafarers who sail on a ship under a foreign flag.

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Specify the last flat, which has been uninterrupted for at least three months before the move from the Federal Republic of Germany *), and is reported to the reporting authority. If this three-month period has been fulfilled only by the inninth of other registered dwellings, then these are also to be added. If the applicant has usually held up in the Federal Republic of Germany *) without being registered for an apartment, please indicate instead of the address: "My stay is known to the" (indication of the municipal authority, which was last displayed or otherwise proved to be the usual stay). From seafarers (see the Explanatory Notes), which were most recently patterned on a seagoing ship entitled to lead the flag of the Federal Republic, and then only sail on ships under a foreign flag, with the following information: Name of the last German ship, name of the shipowner, seat of the shipowner (place, country).

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To be filled by seafarers (see the Explanatory Notes below) here with the following information: Date of last seagoing of a seagoing vessel entitled to fly the German flag, name and nationality of the sea vessel under foreign flag.

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Information required only for a document.

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Registration in the voters ' register shall only be effected if the right of the applicant to vote for the election to the European Parliament has been established. For this purpose, the pre-printed insurance must be taken out of the oath instead of being given. The criminality of a misplaced insurance on oath is to be pointed out. If one of the conditions of the right to vote is to continue until the election day, the application must be withdrawn.

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German persons within the meaning of Article 116 (1) of the Basic Law are persons who:

1.

the German nationality, or

2.

because of their admission in Germany pursuant to § 4 (3) of the German Federal Displaced Persons Act (BVFG) prior to the issuing of the certificate pursuant to § 15 Paragraph 1 or 2 BVFG, by which they acquire German citizenship in accordance with § 7 of the Nationality Act, temporarily the legal status as (status-) German without German citizenship

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The right to vote in the European Parliament is excluded in accordance with Article 6a (1) of the European Elections Act,

1.

who, as a result of the right to vote, does not have the right to vote

2.

The person who is responsible for all his or her affairs is not only appointed by an injunction; this shall also apply if the person responsible for the duties of the carer is in § 1896 (4) and § 1905 of the Civil Code shall not cover matters referred to in

3.

who is in a psychiatric hospital on the basis of an order pursuant to § 63 of the Penal Code in conjunction with Section 20 of the Criminal Code.

The

In addition to the Federal Republic of Germany, there are currently Member States of the European Union: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, United Kingdom and Cyprus.

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The left box shall be checked if all the conditions mentioned there apply to the Applicant. This also applies if the applicant has usually held up in the Federal Republic of Germany *) without being registered for an apartment. Compare the Explanatory Notes under paragraph 2.The right box is to tick if not all of the conditions mentioned in the left box apply to the applicant (for example, because he/she never has an apartment in the box office). of the Federal Republic of Germany or a continuation of more than 25 years), but instead of the latter for other, comparable reasons, he/she is personally and directly familiarist with the political conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany. Germany has acquired and is currently affected by them. In these cases, establish on a separate sheet, thereby and in what way the applicant personally and directly (on the basis of his own experience) acquired familiarity with the political conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany and is currently affected by them. Documents may be attached to the application form. For example, the following German nationals who are permanently living abroad may, for example, be entitled to vote (for those who do not already have the conditions mentioned in the left box):

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Local staff at German missions abroad, German employees at Goethe Institutes, at the German humanities institutes abroad, at German schools abroad, at the foreign offices of the political foundations, the German development cooperation or the chambers of foreign trade and correspondents of German media;

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So-called frontier commuters who regularly perform their work or service in Germany;

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Foreign Germans who participate in the political and social life of the Federal Republic of Germany to a considerable extent through a commitment in German associations, parties and other organizations.

The application has to be submitted to the municipality where the applicant has been notified at an earlier date, irrespective of the length of the continuation of the application. Germans who have never been registered in the Federal Republic of Germany must submit their application to the district office in the centre of Berlin, district electoral office, Müllerstraße 146, 13353 Berlin.

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No one is allowed to participate in the election to the European Parliament on several occasions. It is therefore not admissible and would be a criminal offence if someone were to participate in the elections to the European Parliament in several Member States of the European Union or on several occasions in the Federal Republic of Germany.

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The vote may also take place in an election room in front of an electoral head in the area (district or district-free city) in which the polling card is valid. Then the polling card is to be handed out to the electoral presume.

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With the signature, the applicant assures the accuracy of his/her data. Persons entitled to vote, who are not in a position to fill in the application and the insurance on oath, rather than being able to fill in and hand out the application, may use the assistance of another person in the process. This also has to sign the application and the insurance on Eides instead of. The help person must be the 16. Have completed their life year. See also the Explanatory Notes below.

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If the applicant makes use of one of the reasons mentioned in the Explanatory Notes for the assistance of another person, he/she shall be responsible for the incrimination of the oath instead of underwriting the case. instead of being pointed out.

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Account must also be taken of a previous residence or residence in the area referred to in Article 3 of the Agreement (Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, plus the territory of the former Berlin (East)).

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Annex 2A (to section 17a (2))
Application for entry in the voters ' register for Union citizens

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2564-2566;
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 Annex 2a 
 (to § 17a (2))   

Feature sheet
on the application for registration in the voters ' register
and on the insurance of oath for EU citizens

The application may only be filled in by eligible Union citizens who hold an apartment in the Federal Republic of Germany or who are otherwise usually resident (and who are not German at the same time).

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Applications for registration in the Union of voters ' Union citizens may, in principle, only participate in the election of the Members of the European Parliament from the Federal Republic of Germany if they are in the Federal Republic of Germany in a For the first time, citizens of the Union who have their home or other habitual residence in the Federal Republic of Germany will be registered for the first time only on formal application (official form) and only after the lodging of an insurance on oath instead of in a voter's register, if they have been elected on election day for at least three months A special form must be completed for each applicant, or in the rest of the Federal Republic of Germany or in the other Member States of the European Union. Requests for collection are not possible. The application should be made at the earliest possible date; it must be submitted at the latest by the 21. The date of the election shall be submitted to the competent municipal authority in the original. The application deadline cannot be extended. Is an EU citizen entitled to vote at his request in the election to the European Parliament on 13 June 1999 or a subsequent election to the European Parliament in a voters ' register in the If the Federal Republic of Germany has been registered, a new application shall not be required in future elections. The registration shall then be made ex office, provided that the other electoral requirements are fulfilled. This shall not apply if the citizen of the Union is up to the 21. The day before the election to the competent municipal authority is requested, not to be kept in the voters ' register. This application shall apply to all future elections to the European Parliament until such time as the citizen of the Union once again makes an application for registration in the voters ' register. After moving away from abroad and retrain to the Federal Republic of Germany, a new application for entry in the voters ' register is required.

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The competent municipal authority to which the application is to be addressed is the municipal authority in which the citizen of the Union is registered for an apartment in the Federal Republic of Germany-in the case of several apartments the competent authority responsible for the main apartment Municipal authorities. For citizens of the Union who normally reside in the Federal Republic of Germany without holding an apartment, and for seafarers special provisions apply in accordance with Article 17a (3) of the European Elections Code (EuWO).

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Information required only for a document.

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Registration in the voters ' register shall only be effected if the right of the applicant to vote for the election to the European Parliament has been established. For this purpose, the pre-printed insurance must be taken out of the oath instead of being given. The criminality of a misplaced insurance on oath is to be pointed out. If one of the conditions of the right to vote continues until this or a future election day, or if it does not exist on election day, the application must be withdrawn or the municipal authority must be informed thereof.

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Nationality of the Member State of origin of the European Union.

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Citizens of the Union who are not registered in the Federal Republic of Germany for an apartment, see under paragraph 2 of the second paragraph.

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Specify the local authority (municipality/municipality) /constituency of the home Member State in whose electoral register or, if not carried out, in the register of which the citizen of the Union is, if appropriate, last , and when the Member State of origin has been left.

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Article 13 of Directive 93 /109/EC provides that Member States shall exchange among themselves the information necessary to prevent a multiple vote in the elections to the European Parliament. For this purpose, the Federal Returning Officer, on the basis of that request, shall forward to the home Member State the information on its nationals who have been entered in the voters ' register in order to ensure that the Member State of origin provides appropriate measures for To prevent a double vote. A number of Member States require special information on their nationals. The following special information on their nationals is also required in each Member State: Belgium: ID card/national number (please contact: also specify, if specified under () identical) Bulgaria: identity card/national number (please also indicate if identical with indication); Bulgarian 10-digit personal identification number Denmark: ID card/national number (please also specify if you are using an indication below identical) Estonia: identity card/national number (please also indicate, if specified under identical) Finland: identity card/national number (please also indicate if identical with indication below) France: noGreece: name of the Father and the parent Ireland: no Italy: no Croatia: no Latvia: Identity card/national number (please also specify if you are using the same name) Lithuania: Identity card/national number (please also specify if you are using the same name under the same name) identical) Luxembourg: keineMalta: identity card/national number (please also indicate if the Netherlands is the same as:) Netherlands: keineAustria: no Poland: Identity card/national number (please also specify if identical with indication); name of the father and of the mother Portugal: Identity card/national number (please also indicate, if indicated in the same name); election number; name of the father and of the parent Romania: identity card/national number (please also indicate if identical to the name of the country) Sweden: Swedish twelfdigit personal registration number Slovakia: noSlovenia: Slovenian 3-10-digit personal identification number Spain: identity card/national number (please also specify if, if specified, identical); second surname Czech Republic: noHungary: identity card/national number (please also , if specified under identical conditions) United Kingdom: no Cyprus: identity card/national number (please also specify if identical to the name of the country); election number

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According to Article 6a (2) (2) of the European Elections Act, a citizen of the European Union is excluded from the right to vote in the European Parliament if he/she is a national of the European Union of which he is a national (home Member State), as a result of a civil or criminal case-by-case decision does not have the right to vote in the European Parliament.

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In addition to the Federal Republic of Germany, there are currently Member States of the European Union: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, the Czech Republic, Hungary, United Kingdom and Cyprus. The condition is also conditional upon a three-month consecutive stay in the Federal Republic of Germany, and in another Member State of the European Union.

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No one is allowed to participate in the election to the European Parliament on several occasions. It is therefore not admissible and would be a criminal offence if someone were to participate in the elections to the European Parliament in several Member States of the European Union or on several occasions in the Federal Republic of Germany. The municipal authority shall inform the Federal Returning Officer of the registration of a Union citizen in the register of voters who shall forward that information to the competent body of the home Member State so that, where appropriate, a vote shall be taken by the competent authority of the Member State of origin. EU citizens can be prevented in several Member States.

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An official registration will be made in future European elections in accordance with Section 17b of the European Electoral Regulations (EuWO). European Union citizens may vote in elections to the European Parliament by no later than 21. Apply in writing to the competent municipal authority before the election, not to be kept in the voters ' register. This application shall apply to all future elections to the European Parliament until such time as the citizen of the Union once again makes an application for registration in the voters ' register. After moving away from abroad and retrain to the Federal Republic of Germany, a new application for entry in the voters ' register is required.

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With the signature, the applicant assures the accuracy of his/her data. Persons entitled to vote, who are not in a position to fill in the application and the insurance on oath, rather than being able to fill in and hand out the application, may use the assistance of another person in the process. This also has to sign the application and the insurance on Eides instead of. The help person must be the 16. Have completed their life year. See also the Explanatory Notes below.

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If the applicant makes use of one of the reasons mentioned in the Explanatory Notes for the assistance of another person, he/she shall be responsible for the incrimination of the oath instead of underwriting the case. instead of being pointed out.

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Appendix 2B (to § 17a (5))

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2567-2570;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

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 1) (DE) Communication on the registration in the electoral register for elections to the 
 European Parliament of citizens of the Union who are in a 
 Member State of which they are not nationals 
 (Article 13 of Council Directive 93 /109/EC) 
 (EN) Notification of entry into the electoral roll for European Parliament 
 elections of EU citizens residing in a Member State of which they are 
 not nationals (Article 13 of Council Directive 93 /109/EC) 
 (FR) Notification de I ' inscription dans les listes electorales pour les 
 elections au Parlement europeen pour les citoyens UE residant dans un 
 Etat membre dont ils ne sont pas ressortissants 
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 2) (DE) Name (s) (EN) Surname (s) (FR) Nom (s) 
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 6) (DE) Nationality (EN) Nationality (FR) Nationalite 
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 7) (DE) Date of birth (EN) Date of birth (FR) Date de naissance 
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 8) (DE) Place of birth (EN) Place of birth (FR) Lieu de naissance 
 .......................................................................... 
 9) (DE) Municipality/City (local authority or constituency) 
 of the home Member State where the voter was last in a 
 List of voters was entered (EN) Locality or 
 constituency in the voter's home member state on the 
 electoral roll of which the voter's name was last entered 
 (FR) Localite ou circonscription dans I ' Etat membre d' origine ou il a ete 
 inscrit en dernier lieu 
 .......................................................................... 
10) (DE) is active for the 2014 European Parliament elections 
 Registered person registered in (Member State and residence address) 
 (EN) is registered as a voter for the 2014 European Parliament elections 
 (Member State and address) (FR) est inscrit (e) comme electeur pour 
 les elections au Parlement europeen en 2014 en (État membre et address) 
11) (DE) Special data for individual Member States 
 (EN) Specific information for individual Member States   
 (FR) Informations spécifiques pour certains États membres 
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Appendix 2B 
(to § 17a (5)) 
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Annex 2C (to section 17b (2))

Source of the original text: BGBl. I 2003, 2571-2573

Please 
-fill in the application in print or machine typeface, 
-refer to the explanatory notes in the leaflet on the marginal numbers (), 
-tick the appropriate box (x) or  fill out. 
  
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I (1) To the I I request for citizens of the Union, I 
I Municipal authority I I not in the voters ' register I 
I I I to be led I 
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I (2) I request, pursuant to Section 17b (2) of the European Electoral Regulations (EuWO), not I 
I I shall be kept in the voters ' register.  I 
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I (3) I Family Name-if necessary  also birth name-, first name I 
I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I I Day I Month I Year I year I birthplace I 
I I I I I I I I I I 
I I Date of birth I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 
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I (4) I am in possession of an I reference number I 
I I I 
I I I ---------------------------------------- I 
I I I issued by I of (issuing I) 
I I I Authority) I 
I I I I 
I I ()  valid identity-I ---------------------------------------- I 
I I last extended I of (issuing I) 
I I I am I Authority) I 
I I ()  Passport I I I I 
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I (5) I I have the nationality of the following Member States of the I 
I I European Union I 
I I 
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I (6) I My current (main) apartment (street, house number, postcode, I 
I I place) is in the Federal Republic of Germany I 
I I 
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I (7) I am aware that this request for all future elections to the I 
I I European Parliament shall apply.  Once again in an election to the I 
I I European Parliament participate in the Federal Republic of Germany I 
I must, as a citizen of the Union, have a new request for I 
I I register in the voters ' register.  I 
I I 
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I Location, Date I Signature of applicant I 
I I I (first and surname) I 
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It is filled out by the municipal authority. 
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I 1.  I Competence of the municipal authority ()  Yes I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I ()  No.  In writing at the time of writing to the I 
I I Municipal Authority: I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I Municipal Authority I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I justification I 
I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I Location, Date I Signature of the Representative I 
I I I of the municipal authority I 
I I I 
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I 2.  I Application entry I 21.  Day before election I Application entrance I 
I I am on (date) I (date) I I 
I I I = I ()  late ()  timely 
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I 4.  I Completing the application not to be listed in the voters ' register I 
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I I ()  Deletion from the already I designation of the electoral district I 
I I prepared voter list I I 
I I or I I 
I I ()  Non-inclusion in the I I 
I I Voter List I I 
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 Still Annex 2C 
 (to section 17b (2)) 
 Feature sheet 
 on the application for Union citizens, 
 not to be listed in the voters ' register   

The application is to be filed only by Union citizens entitled to vote who are registered in the Federal Republic of Germany for an apartment (and who are not German at the same time) and those for the election of 13 June 1999 or a later election to the The European Parliament has been registered in the voters ' register on request.

(1)

The competent local authority to which the application is to be sent is the municipal authority in which the citizen of the Union is registered in the Federal Republic of Germany for an apartment-in the case of several dwellings, the local authority responsible for the main dwelling. Seafarers are subject to special provisions in accordance with Section 15 (1) of the European Electoral Regulations (EuWO).

(2)

Application not to be held in the voters ' register Union citizens may participate in the election of the Members of the European Parliament from the Federal Republic of Germany if they are to be elected on the basis of a formal application previously made in the The Federal Republic of Germany is registered in a voters ' register. They shall be entered in the voters ' register in the event of future elections. You can see up to the 21. Apply for a formal application (official form) in writing to the congregation in question, not to be listed in the voters ' register. For each applicant a special form must be filled out. Requests for collection are not possible. The application should be made at the earliest possible date; it must be submitted at the latest by the 21. The day before the election was received by the competent municipal authority. The application deadline may not be extended.

(4)

Information required only for a document.

(5)

Nationality of the Member State of origin of the European Union.

(7)

With the signature, the applicant assures the accuracy of his/her data. Applicants who are not in a position to fill in the application themselves or are unable to fill in and submit the application can use the assistance of any other person.

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Annex 3 (to section 18 (1))

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2574-2575;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

 Election Notification 1) 
  
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 Election Notification I ----------------------- I 
 for the election to the European Parliament (2) I I Freimachungs-I I 
---------------------------------------------- I I note I I 
I Election Day: Sunday, ........................  I I ----------------------- I 
I Election time: 8.00 am to 18.00 h I I I 
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Dear citizen, dear citizen, I I 
They are entered in the voters ' register and I 
may vote in the polling room indicated below.  ------------------------------ 
Bring this notification to your choice with I If you are unobjectable I 
and keep your identity card I the election notification I 
-Citizen of the Union: your identity card-or I immediately to the I 
Passport ready.  I to send the sender back!  I 
If you are in another elective room of your I When moving is the choice-I 
Circle/Your Circle-Free City or through I notice nachzu-I 
If you want to select a letter, you need to send an I and the sender I 
Ballot box.  Prerequisite for the grant I the new address mitzu-I 
of a polling card is a request.  I share!  I 
You can use it with a back-side pattern I I 
and the competent municipal authority I I 
submit or send in the franked envelope.  I 3) Mr/Mrs I 
You can, however, also without the use of the back I I 
-the issuing of a voting certificate I I 
verbal (not by telephone), in writing I I 
or electronically.  In this case I I 
you need to have your surname, your first name, I I 
Your date of birth and your residence address (Street, I I 
house number, postal code, place); to the I I 
Indication of the number printed below, with which I am 
are entered in the voters ' register, I I 
requested.  I I 
Applications for election certificates shall only be submitted until .........., I I 
18.00 o'clock or in case of a sudden sudden I I 
Illness also until election day 3 p.m. I I 
.  I I 
Ballot boxes and postal ballot documents I I 
shall be sent by post or officially I I 
.  You can also personally at the I I 
Community will be picked up.  Who for another I I 
Election certificate and postal ballot documents requested, I I 
has to submit a written authorisation.  I I 
Any inaccuracies in your related I I 
Please inform the municipality of your address.  I I 
 I I 
4) City of Bonn Electoral Area: Electoral District/I I 
 The upper school buildings Voter verz.-I I 
 mayor Agnesstraße 1 No.: 316/00345 I 
 Information on 53225 Bonn I I 
 barrier-free accessible/not I I 
 Choice rooms barrier-free 6 )  I I 
 you will receive I I 
 under I I   
 Phone number: ..........., I I 
 Aid for the Blind I I   
 and visually impaired you will receive I I 
 under the phone number: ........... 5 )  I I 



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1)

Pattern for the dispatch of the election notification. On the reverse side, a form must be printed for the request for a ballot box (Appendix 4).

2)

Election notification patterns may also be used-as far as possible-for simultaneous regional and local elections.

3)

Address: The number in the voters ' register and the number of the constituency may be included in the address.

4)

In addition to the sender, you can specify the number of the constituency, the polling area and the number in the voters ' register.

5)

E.g. nationwide telephone number of the German Blind and Visually Impaired Association, DBSV.

6)

For each election room it shall be indicated whether it is barrier-free or not accessible.

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Annex 4 (to section 18 (2))

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2576;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

The back of the election notification 
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I Electoral rate 1) ------------------------- I 
I (Please submit your request to the I election ticket application only-I I 
I place the municipal authority or fill it with I, sign I I 
I Postversand in the franked I and send when you I I I 
I do not send an envelope) I do not in your electoral room, I I 
I I but in another I I 
I To the I constituency of your I I I 
I Municipal Authority I County/circular City I I 
I I or if you are through I I 
I I want to choose a postal ballot.  I I 
I ----------------------------- I 
I I A person who claims the request for an I I 
I I shall have to, I I 
I I by submitting an I I 
I I written authorisation I I 
I I prove that he/she I I 
I I shall be entitled.  I I 
I ----------------------------- I 
Please tick the appropriate box (x) or fill in the printed copy.  I 
I I 
I Request for issuing of a voting certificate for ------------------------- 
I the election to the European Parliament on I date I 
I ------------------------- 
I I request the grant of an I 
I Electoral Headlights-for I 
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I Family Name, First Name I Date of Birth I 
I I 
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I Apartment (Street, House number, Postal code, Location) I 
I I 
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I I 
I The polling card with the postal ballot documents 2) I 
I □ should be sent to my address above.  I 
I □ to be sent to me at the following address: I 
I ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
I First and Family Name, Street, House number, Postal code, Location, I 
I may be  State I 
I I 
I I 
I ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
I □ will be picked up.  I 
I --------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I Full-Power I 
I I 
I I authorize the receipt of the ballot box with postal ballot-I 
I documents Mr/Mrs I 
I ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
I first and family name, street, house number, zip code, place I 
I I 
I ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
I I 
I ------------------------- ------------------------------------- I 
I I Date I I Signature of the eligible I I 
I ------------------------- ------------------------------------- I 
I I am aware that the polling card with the postal ballot documents I 
I can only be picked up by the person I have named if I 
I a written authorisation (the registration of the full-I) is available. 
I mighty person in this application is sufficient) and of the empowered-I 
I mightily represent no more than four persons entitled to vote I 
I will.  The authorized person shall have the municipal authority before I 
I receiving the documents in writing to assure me that they are 
I do not represent more than four persons entitled to vote.  On request, it has I 
I to expel.  I 
I I 
I -------------------------- ------------------------------------- I 
I I Date I I Signature of the eligible I I 
I -------------------------- ------------------------------------- I 
I ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 
I Declaration of the Plenipotentiary I 
I (not to be filled by the person entitled to vote) I 
I ------------------------------- I 
I hereby confirm I I name, first name I I 
I I I 
I ------------------------------- I 
I the receipt of the documents and secure against the municipality-I 
I authority that I do not have more than four persons entitled to vote at the I 
I reception of the postal ballot documents.  I 
I I 
I --------------------------- ------------------------------------- I 
I Date I I Signature of the authorised representative I I 
I --------------------------- ---------------------------------------- 
  

1)

Model for the application for the issuing of a ballot box containing postal ballot documents.

2)

Tick the appropriate one.

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Annex 5 (to section 19 (1))

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2577-2578;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

 Notice of the right of access to the voters ' register 
 and the issuing of voting certificates 
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 for the election to the European Parliament on I Date I 
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1. The voters ' register for election to the European Union 
 Parliament for the municipality-the constituencies of 
 Community ....................................... 
 shall be in the period from ............. to ......... 
 (20 to 16)  Day before the election) 
 during general opening hours 1) 
 Place of inspection 2) 
 ................................................................ 
 for persons entitled to vote are held ready for inspection.  Each person entitled to vote 
 the accuracy or completeness of the person in the 
 Check the list of data entered in the selector.  If a 
 The right to choose the accuracy or completeness of the data of 
 to check other persons registered in the voters ' register, 
 to make it credible facts that make up an inaccuracy 
 or incompleteness of the voters ' register.  The 
 The right to review does not exist with regard to the data of 
 Persons entitled to vote, for which a blocking note has been entered in the reporting register in accordance with the 
 Section 21 (5) of the Rules relating to the Law of the Melting Law 
 of the national reporting laws. 
 The voters ' register will be conducted in the automated procedure. 
 The inspection is possible by means of a display station.  3) 
 Only those who are entered in the voters ' register can choose 
 has a polling card. 
2. Those who consider the voters ' register to be inaccurate or incomplete, 
 can take place in the time of 20.  Day to 16.  Day 
 before the election, 
 16. day before the election 
 at the latest on .............................. to .............  Clock, 
 at the municipal authority ................ .................... 4) 
 Office, Building, Room No.  ............................ 
 Appeal. 
 The objection may be made in writing or by explanation of the minutes 
 be inserted. 
3. persons entitled to vote who are entered in the voters ' register, 
 shall be given no later than the ...................................... 
 (21.  Day before the election) 
 an election notification. 
 Who has not received an election notification, but believes 
 to be eligible, objection must be made against the voters ' register 
 , if he does not want to run the risk of being entitled to vote 
 is not capable of exercising. 
 Persons entitled to vote, who only apply to the voters ' register on request 
 and which already have a polling card and a postal ballot, 
 shall not receive an election notification. 
4. Those who have a polling card can vote in the circle/circle- 
 free city ....................................................... 
 (name) 
 by voting in any electoral area of this 
 Circle/this circle-free city 
 or 
 by postal ballot 
 participating. 
5. A polling card shall be received upon request 
 5.1 a member of the electoral authority registered in the voters ' register, 
 5.2 an electoral authority not registered in the voters ' register, 
 (a) if he proves that he/she is not responsible for the application deadline 
 on inclusion in the voters ' register 
 for Germans under Section 17 (1) of the European Electoral Regulations, in the case of 
 Citizens of the Union pursuant to Article 17a (2) of the 
 European electoral code up to .......................... 
 (21.  Day before the election) 
 or the opposition period against the voters ' register 
 pursuant to section 21 (1) of the European Electoral Regulations 
 up to the ...................... 
 (16.  Day before the election) 
 (b) if his right to participate in the election only after the expiry of the 
 Application deadline for Germans pursuant to Section 17 (1) of the European Electoral Regulations, 
 in the case of Union citizens pursuant to Article 17a (2) of the European Electoral Regulations or the 
 Opposition period established pursuant to Article 21 (1) of the European Electoral Regulations 
 is, 
 (c) if his right to vote has been established in the opposition proceedings 
 and the determination only after the voter register has been completed 
 has come to the knowledge of the municipal authority. 
 Election certificates may be made by a vote in the voters ' register- 
 authorized up to ............................, 18.00, at the 
 (2.  Day before the election) 
 Municipal authority orally, in writing or electronically requested. 
 In the case of evidence of sudden illness, which is a search of the electoral area 
 does not make it possible, or only under unreasonable difficulties, 
 the application may still be made until the election day, 15.00. 
 A person entitled to vote credibly confirms that he/she is 
 has not received the requested certificate, may: 
 on the day before the election, 12.00 noon, a new polling card will be issued. 
 Voters not registered in the voters ' register 
 from the reasons given in 5.2 (a) to (c), the request 
 in the event of an electoral vote until the election day at 3 p.m., 
 . 
 If you submit your application for another, you need to submit a 
 proof that he has the right to do so. 
 A disabled person entitled to vote may take part in the application 
 of the help of another person. 
6. The electoral certificate shall be entitled to the election certificate 
 -an official ballot, 
 -an official blue ballot paper, 
 -an official, with the address to which the election letter is returned, 
 in addition, the red ballot letter and the red ballot box 
 -a factsheet for postal ballot. 
 The collection of voting certificates and postal ballot documents for another 
 is only possible if the authority to receive the documents 
 by submitting a written authorisation and by 
 shall represent no more than four persons entitled to vote; 
 this shall be the case of the municipal authority before receiving the documents 
 in writing.  On request, the authorised representative shall: 
 To expel the person.  In the postal ballot, the voter must have the election letter   
 with the ballot paper and the polling card in good time to the indicated 
 Send the postal ballot letter to the office at the latest on the election day until 6 p.m. 
 . 
 The election letter shall be made within the Federal Republic of Germany without special   
 Consignment form exclusively from ... 4) free of charge. 
  
 Place, Date The Local Authority 
 ............................. 
  
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1)

If other times are determined, specify them.

2)

For each place of inspection, indicate whether it is barrier-free or not barrier-free. If several inspection posts are set up, these and the local parts or the like allocated to them or specify the numbers of the constituencies.

3)

Delete as appropriate.

4)

In accordance with § 4 of the European Elections Act, in conjunction with Section 36 (4) of the Federal Elections Act, legally-known postal companies are using it.

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Annex 6 (to section 19 (2))
Announcement for Germans on the election to the European Parliament

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2579;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

 Date 
The election of the members of the 
European Parliament from the Federal Republic of Germany. 
  
Germans living outside the Federal Republic of Germany 
live and do not have an apartment in the Federal Republic, can be found in the case of 
of the other electoral conditions in the election. 
For their election participation,  a.  a requirement that they 
1.1 on election day for at least three months in the 
 Other Member States of the European Union 
 or at least since that time 
 (on the three-month period, one is immediately ahead, 
 -stay in the Federal Republic of Germany 
 or 
1.2 either after completion of the 14.  Life Year at least 
 three months uninterrupted in the Federal Republic of Germany 1 ) 
 a dwelling or otherwise usually held up 
 and this stay is no longer than 25 years, 
 or, for other reasons, personally and directly, familiarity with 
 with the political conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany 
 have acquired and have been affected by them; 
2. to a voters ' register in the Federal Republic of Germany 
 are entered.  This registration shall only be made on request.  The 
 The application shall be made on a form; it shall be submitted soon after this 
 Notice shall be sent out. 
 20. day before the election 
 A request, which shall not be applied until ........................ or later at the 
 competent municipal authority, can no longer comply with 
 (§ 17 (1) of the European Electoral Regulations). 
Application forms (forms) as well as information leaflets can be 
-the diplomatic and professional consular offices of the 
 Federal Republic of Germany, 
-the Federal Returning Officer, the Federal Statistical Office, the Bonn branch, 
 Postfach 170377, 53029 BONN, GERMANY 
-the district and town returning officers in the Federal Republic of Germany 
request. 
For further information, please contact the embassies and professional consular 
Representations of the Federal Republic of Germany. 2) 
  
 Place, date designation of the representation of the 
 .....................  Federal Republic of Germany, 
 Address and service hours 
 ............................... 
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1) To be taken into account is also an earlier dwelling or 
 previous residence in the former in Article 3 of the agreement 
 (Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, 
 Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, plus the area of the former 
 Berlin (East)). 
2) Here, when published by the diplomatic 
 Representation of the addresses and hours of work of the profession 
 Consular representations in the State concerned shall be added.   

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Appendix 6A (to section 19 (3))
Notice for nationals of the other Member States of the European Union (Union citizens) elected to the European Parliament in the Federal Republic of Germany

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2580;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

	Date
The election of the Members of the European Parliament from the Federal Republic of Germany will take place on the ......................................................... You can take an active part in this election if you are on Election Day

1.

possess the nationality of one of the other Member States of the European Union;

2.

the 18. have completed their life year,

3.

for at least three months in the Federal Republic of Germany or in the other Member States of the European Union, or at least since that time normally reside (the three-month period shall be subject to a minimum of three months). consecutive stay in the above-mentioned areas),

4.

in the Federal Republic of Germany, or in the Member State of the European Union of which you are a national, are not excluded from the right to vote in the European Parliament,

5.

are entered in a voters ' register in the Federal Republic of Germany. The first registration is only made on request. The application shall be submitted on a form; it shall be sent soon after this notice.
An application that is only after ... (21. (§ 17a (2) of the European Electoral Regulations), the date of the election is no longer possible.
If you have already been entered in a voters ' register of the Federal Republic of Germany on the basis of your application in the election on 13 June 1999 or a subsequent election to the European Parliament, a new application shall not be required. The registration shall then be made ex office, provided that the other electoral requirements are fulfilled. This does not apply if you are up to the above 21. Apply to the competent municipal authority on a form not to be kept in the voters ' register before the election. This request shall apply to all future elections to the European Parliament until you have once again submitted an application for registration in the voters ' register.
If you have been registered in a selection register in the Federal Republic of Germany in previous elections (1979 to 1994), you will have to submit a new application for registration in the voters ' register for participation in the election.
After moving away from abroad and retrain to the Federal Republic of Germany, a new application for entry in the voters ' register is required.

Application forms (form sheets) as well as information leaflets can be requested from the municipal authorities in the Federal Republic of Germany.

For their participation as a candidate, a. Requirement that they should be held on election day

1.

the 18. have completed their life year,

2.

possess the nationality of a Member State of the European Union;

3.

shall not be excluded from eligibility in the Federal Republic of Germany or in the Member State of the European Union to which you belong.

With the application for entry in the voters ' register or with the election proposals, an insurance of oath shall be taken instead of the existence of the above mentioned above. g. Conditions for the active or passive election participation.

Place, date .........................................................

Name of the Federal or county returning officer .........................................................

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Annex 7 (to section 23 (1))

Source of the original text: BGBl. I 2003, 2581

Community ........................  Constituency ................... 
Circle ........................... 
Country ............................ 
  
 Appraisal of the closure of the voters ' register 
 for the election to the European Parliament on .............................. 
  
The persons listed in the voters ' register are in favour of the election to 
European Parliament in accordance with the rules of the European Electoral Regulations 
(§ § § 15 to 17b).  They shall comply with the right to vote, 
requirements according to § 6 of the European Elections Act and are not after 
§ 6a of the European Elections Act is excluded from the electoral law. 
  
The voters ' register shall be published in accordance with the local notice 
of ............................ (date of publication) 
 Date Date 
in the period from ........................ to ....................... 
shall be ready for consultation with the persons entitled to vote. 
  
The electoral districts and the elective areas as well as the place, day and time of the election are 
has been made known in a local language.  1) 
  
The electoral districts and the elective areas as well as the place, day and time of the election are 
the persons entitled to vote by means of election notification, place, day and time 
 Date 
the election also on ........................................................ 
has been made known in a local language.  1) 
  
 Number 
The voters ' register includes ..............  Leaves. 
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 I Adjusted I I Corrected I 
Characteristic letter I according to § 46 I I according to § 46 I 
 (A 1) Election entitled I (2) sentence 2 I I (2) sentence 3 I 
 According to Voter-I of Europe-I I of Europe-I 
 Directory I Election-I I Election-I 
 Without notice I, Regulation (2) I I, Regulation (3) I 
 "W" (voting certificate) I I I I 
 ....  Persons I ....  Persons I I ....  Persons I 
 (A 2) Election I I I I I 
 according to the voter-I I I I 
 List I I I I 
 Mark I I I I 
 "W" (voting certificate) I I I I 
 ....  Persons I ....  Persons I I ....  Persons I 
 (A 1 + A 2) Voter-I I I I 
 List I I I I 
 I I I I I 
 I I I I I 
 ....  Persons I ....  Persons I I ....  Persons I 
 I ------------- I I ------------- I 
 I .............  I I .............  I 
 I Location I I Location I 
 I Date I I Date I 
 I .............  I I .............  I 
 I The election-I I of choice-I 
 I vorsteher I I vorsteher I 
 I .............  I I .............  I 
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 Place, Date The Local Authority 
  
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1) Delete as appropriate. 
2) Only to be filled if after the voter list has been completed 
 Registered voting certificates have been issued. 
3) Only to be filled if the person is still sick on election days (registered) 
 Election certificates entitled to vote have been issued.   

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Appendix 8 (to § 25)

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2582;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

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I ---------------------------------------------- I 
I I Lost Divos will not be replaced I I 
I ---------------------------------------------- I 
I Date I 
I Voting certificate for the election to the European Parliament on ..........  I 
I (To paragraphs 1) to 4, please refer to the explanatory notes) I 
I I 
I Herr/Frau Only valid for the circle/circular city I 
I .................... ---------------------------------------------- I 
I ....................  I Election No.  ......................  I 
I ....................  I voter directory no.  ...............  I 
I I or proposed constituency ........  I 
I I .....................................  I 
I I or I 
I I ()  1) Election certificate in accordance with  § 24 (2) EuWO.  I 
I ---------------------------------------------- I 
I I 
I ---------------------------------------------- I 
I I born on ..........................  I 
I ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 2) resident in (street, house number, zip code, place of residence) ...............  I 
I can vote in the above circle/I with this election slip. 
I participate in a circular city I 
I 1.  against the issuing of the ballot box and on presentation of an identity card I 
I-Union citizens of an identity card or passport by I 
I Voting in the electoral area in any constituency of the I 
I above mentioned county/above mentioned county-free city I 
I or I 
I 2.  by postal ballot.  I 
I Location, Date The Local Authority I 
I (Service-I 
I seal) ..............................................................  I 
I (Signature of the grant of the I 
I Electoral Committee officials of the I 
I municipality/can be created with automatic creation I 
I of the ballot box) I 
I ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I Attention!  I I 
I I Please fill in the following statement in full and I I 
I I sign.  Then the polling card in the red ballot box I I 
I I stuck.  I I 
I ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I Insurance of Eides instead of the postal ballot 3) I 
I I assure you of the constituency returning officer/city councilor with the I 
I Implementation of the postal ballot entrusted to the municipal authority of Eides, I 
I have the attached ballot personally-as an auxiliary person (4) I 
I according to the declared will of the voter.  I 
I I 
I I 
I Signature of the voter's or signature of the auxiliary person (4) I 
I .............................. -------- ................................  I 
I Date, first and surname I date, first and surname I 
I I Further information in Blockschrift!  I 
I I ................................  I 
I I First and surname I 
I I ................................  I 
I I Street, House number I 
I I ................................  I 
I I Postal code, residence I 
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Explanatory notes

1)

If necessary, cross from the municipal authority.

2)

Only fill in if shipping address does not match the apartment.

3)

The criminality of a misplaced insurance on the oath will be pointed out.

4)

Voters who are unable to read the ballot, or who are prevented from being physically impaired, may use the help of another person. The help person must be the 16. Have completed their life year. She has to sign the "Insurance on Eides instead of the postal ballot". In addition, the aid worker is obliged to maintain the confidentiality of the knowledge gained through assistance in the election of the unimpeded voter. Delete not applicable.

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Annex 9 (to section 27 (3) and section 38 (3))

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2583;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)
Front of the ballot paper envelope for the postal ballot *) (DIN C6) blue

Ballot paper envelope for postal ballot

Only insert the ballot paper in this ballot paper envelope, then stick the ballot paper envelope.

Back of the ballot paper envelope for the postal ballot

Just insert the ballot and stick to the ballot paper envelope.

Next

-the closed ballot paper and

-the polling card with the signed-up

Take out insurance on Eides instead of the postal ballot in the red ballot letter envelope.

*)

In the case of local or local elections, the words "in the European election" may be added on the front of the ballot paper envelope after the word "postal ballot".

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Annex 10 (to section 27 (3) and section 38 (4))

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2584;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

 Front of the ballot box   
 (about 12 x 17.6 cm) red 
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I issue ..........................  I 
I (municipal authority, location) ----------------- I 
I Election No.  .........................  I free I I 
I ---------------------------------------- I excluding I 
I constituency .......................... 1) I within the I I 
I I Federal Republic I 
I I Germany I I 
I I for dispatch I 
I I by ... 2) I I 
I ----------------- I 
I Election Letter I 
I An I 
I ....................................................... 3) I 
I ....................................................... 4) I 
I ....................................................... 5) I 
I I 
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 Back of the ballot letter envelope 
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I In this Election envelope I 
I need you to insert I 
I 1.  the electoral certificate I 
I and I 
I 2.  the closed blue I 
I ballot paper envelope with the I ballot 
I ballot papers.  I 
I I 
I Then the ballot letter I 
I to stick.  I 


I Send the Election Letter in good time so that it is not later than I 
I on Election Day at 18:00 on the front of the I 
I receiver!  The election letter may also be issued there.  I 
I I   
I The dispatch by .............. 2 )  I 
I within the Federal Republic of Germany is free of charge.  I I 
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1)

Random number or electoral district must be specified by the issuing body.

2)

In accordance with § 4 of the European Elections Act in conjunction with Section 36 (4) of the Federal Elections Act, the issuing office shall use the officially-known postal company.

3)

Instead of the puncture it is to be used by the issuing office of the electorates in accordance with § 59 paragraph 2 of the EuWO.

4)

Instead of the puncture, the issuing office must use the address (street and house number) of the recipient of the postal ballot-if available, its mailbox-.

5)

Instead of the puncture, the postal code and destination of the postal code recipient-if any, the postal code postal code-must be used.

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Annex 11 (to section 27 (3))

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2585-2586;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

Front of the information sheet for postal ballot
Dear Voter,
Dear voters,
You will receive the documents for the choice of ..... European Parliament in the on the polling card
Circle/circle-free city:
1.	the polling card,	3.	the official blue ballot paper,
2.	the official white ballot,	4.	the official red ballot letter.

You can take part in the election

1.

against the issuing of the ballot box and on presentation of an official identity card-EU citizen: your identity card or passport by voting in the polling room in any electoral district of the person on the polling card Circle/circle-free city or

2.

against the consignment of the ballot box to the competent authority indicated on the ballot letter envelope by postal ballot.

According to Article 6 (4) of the European Elections Act, any person entitled to vote may exercise his or her right to vote only once and only personally. Anyone who chooses unauthorised or otherwise causes an incorrect result of an election or falsifies the result or tries to do so will be punished with imprisonment of up to 5 years or a fine in accordance with Section 107a (1) and (3) of the Criminal Code.

Please note the following "Important information for postal voters" and the "Guide for the postal ballot" on the side of the page.

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Important notes for postal voters
1.	The vote in the postal ballot is only valid if the lower half of the ballot box contains the "assurance of oath instead of the postal ballot" with the signature.
2.	Do not put the polling card in the blue ballot paper envelope, but put it in the red ballot envelope. Otherwise, the vote is invalid.
3.	Voters who are not uneasy to read or who are prevented from interfering with physical activity by identifying the ballot paper may use the help of another person. The help person must be the 16. Have completed their life year. She has to sign the "Insurance on Eides instead of the postal ballot". Moreover, it is obliged to maintain secrecy of the knowledge gained through the provision of assistance in the election of the unimpeded voter.
4.	Send a ballot letter in time to arrive at the recipient indicated on the election letter no later than 6 p.m. on the election day! The election letter can also be made there. Within the Federal Republic of Germany, the election letter should be made no later than three working days before the election (Thursday, the ... 20 ..), at remote locations even earlier, at ... *) shall be delivered. The dispatch by.................. *) within the Federal Republic of Germany is free of charge. If a special form of transport is desired, the additional service fee due for this must be paid. In the case of carriage by another postal company, the remuneration due for this purpose is to be paid in full; otherwise No proper promotion can be guaranteed. Outside the Federal Republic of Germany the election letter should be delivered as soon as possible and at the counter of a post office as well as to be required to receive air mail. As a matter of principle, the postal ballot letter is to be completely released as a letter of the international postal service. For this reason, the payment to be paid in the country of delivery must be paid for the election letter. The term "ALLEMAGNE" or "GERMANY" is indicated on the postal ballot letter below the address. In the event that an elective has concerns to have the election letter transported abroad because of its identification and the red colour, it is up to him to put the election letter in a neutral envelope and to post it at the post office. ,
5.	Postal ballot letters received by the competent authority on election day after 6 p.m. shall no longer be taken into account.

*)

In accordance with § 4 of the European Elections Act, in conjunction with Section 36 (4) of the Federal Elections Act, legally-known postal companies are using it.

Backside of the information sheet for postal ballot Guide for postal ballot

1.	Tick the ballot personally. You have a voice.	... (unrepresentable figure)
2.	Put ballots in blue ballot paper envelope and stick to it. (The blue ballot papers are later unopened to the ballot box.)	... (unrepresentable figure)
3.	Personally sign the "Insurance on Eides instead of the postal ballot" on the polling card with the date of the date.	... (unrepresentable figure)
4.	Vote in the red ballot envelope together with a blue ballot paper envelope.	... (unrepresentable figure)
5.	Add red ballot envelope, unfranked ... *) give (outside of the Federal Republic of Germany: frankiert) or in the place indicated above.	... (unrepresentable figure)

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Annex 12 (to section 32 (1))

(Fundstelle: BGBl. I 2003, 2587-2588
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

 All information please in 
 Machinery or printed lettering 
 Federal Returning Officer No.  ........... 
 Federal Statistical Office 
 65180 Wiesbaden 
  
 or   
  
 Federal Returning Officer 
 Federal Statistical Office 
 Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11 
 65189 Wiesbaden 
---------------------------------- 
  
 List for a country 
  
of the ........................................................ 
 Name of the party and address-i.d.R. of the national association- 
 as well as their short name/name and password of the other 
 Political Association 1) 
 Date 
for the election to the European Parliament on ............................ 
1. On the basis of § § 8ff.  of the European Elections Act and Section 32 of the 
 European electoral regulations will be considered candidates and substitute candidates 
 for the country ...................................... 2) proposed: 
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 I I Family-Name I Occupation I Date Of Birth I Address I 
 I Lfd.  I I or I I (main apartment) I 
 I No  I First name I Stand I birthplace I-Straße, I 
 I I I I House number, I 
 I I I I-Postal code, 
 I I I I Home I 
 I ------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
 I I I I I 
 I 1 I ............  I I ..............  I ..............  I 
 I I I I I 
 I ------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
 I Replacement-I I I I I 
 I applicant I ............  I I ..............  I ..............  I 
 I I I I I 
 I ------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
 I I I I I 
 I 2 I ............  I I ..............  I ..............  I 
 I I I I I 
 I ------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
 I Replacement-I I I I I 
 I applicant I ............  I I ..............  I ..............  I 
 I I I I I 
 I ------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
 I I I I I 
 I 3 I ............  I I ..............  I ..............  I 
 I I I I I 
 I ------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
 I Replacement-I I I I I 
 I applicant I ............  I I ..............  I ..............  I 
 I I I I I 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Etc. 
2. Confidence person for the list is: 
 ..................................................................... 
 Family name, first name 
 ..................................................................... 
 street, house number, postal code, residence, remote call 
 Deputy confidanseer is: 
 ..................................................................... 
 Family name, first name 
 ..................................................................... 
 street, house number, postal code, residence, remote call 
3. The list is ...............  Annexes, and 
 a) .......  Declarations of approval of candidates and substitute candidates 
 (Section 11 (2) (1) of the European Elections Act) with the insurance companies 
 Eides that they do not take part in another Member State 
 of the European Union 3), and membership of the European Union 
 in parties or other political associations, 
 (b) .......  Certificates of eligibility of German applicants 
 and substitute candidates (Section 11 (2) (1a) of the European Elections Act),   
 c) .......  Certificates issued by the German municipal authorities for 
 European Union citizens 3), that they have a 
 Apartment held and not excluded from eligibility 
 (Section 11 (2) (1b) of the European Elections Act), 
 d) .......  Insurance in lieu of Union citizens 3) in accordance with 
 Section 11 (2) (1c) of the European Elections Act, 
 e) .......  Supporting documents with proof of the 
 Eligibility of signatories (4), 
 (f) a copy of the minutes of decision-making 
 The members 'or representatives' meeting (Section 10 (6)) 
 European Elections Act) in addition to the insurance of Eides (§ 11 
 2 (2) of the European Elections Act), 
 (g) the written statutes and programme of the election proposal, 
 authorized 4), 
 (h) a copy of the transcript on the democratic 
 Principles of the election of the members of the Executive Board/of 
 Members of the Council who have to sign the nomination, 
 with the names and addresses of Management Board members 4) 5), 
 (i) a full power of the other participating board members; 6) 
  
 Place Date 
 ................ 
  
Copies of the Executive Board of the National Association of the Party or of the 
Other political union 5) 6) 
  
..................... .................... 
 Name Name Name 
..................... .................... 
 function function function 

  

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1)

A party may attach the name and the short name of its European federation. Another political association may attach the name and the abbreviation of its members ' association in the electoral area and its European federation.

2)

Specify state.

3)

The key date is the election day.

4)

Lists of parties or other political associations not interrupted by at least five Members in the European Parliament, in the German Bundestag or in a Landtag since their last election on their own election proposals are represented.

5)

The list must be signed in person and by hand by at least three members of the head of the nomination of the nomination, including the chairman or his deputy. If a nomination has no national association or a single national organisation, the list must be signed by all the boards of the nearest regional associations in the country.

6)

The signatures of the incoming board will be sufficient if the board provides a corresponding written authority of the other members of the board concerned within the time limit for submission.

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Annex 13 (to section 32 (1))

(Fundstelle: BGBl. I 2003, 2589-2590;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

 All information please in 
 Machinery or printed lettering 
Federal Returning Officer 
Federal Statistical Office 
 Copy No  ............ 
65180 Wiesbaden 
  
or 
  
Federal Returning Officer 
Federal Statistical Office 
Gustav-Stresemann-Ring 11 
  
65189 Wiesbaden 
  
 Common list for all countries 
  
of the ........................................................ 
 Name of the party and address as well as their short name/name 
 and password of the other political association 1) 
 Date 
for the election to the European Parliament on ............................ 
1. On the basis of § § 8ff.  of the European Elections Act and Section 32 of the 
 European electoral regulations will be considered candidates and substitute candidates 
 for all countries: 
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 I I Family-Name I Occupation I Date Of Birth I Address I 
 I Lfd.  I I or I I (main apartment) I 
 I No  I First name I Stand I birthplace I-Straße, I 
 I I I I House number, I 
 I I I I-Postal code, 
 I I I I Home, I 
 I I I I Land I 
 I ------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
 I I I I I 
 I 1 I ............  I I ..............  I ..............  I 
 I I I I I 
 I ------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
 I Replacement-I I I I I 
 I applicant I ............  I I ..............  I ..............  I 
 I I I I I 
 I ------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
 I I I I I 
 I 2 I ............  I I ..............  I ..............  I 
 I I I I I 
 I ------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
 I Replacement-I I I I I 
 I applicant I ............  I I ..............  I ..............  I 
 I I I I I 
 I ------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
 I I I I I 
 I 3 I ............  I I ..............  I ..............  I 
 I I I I I 
 I ------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
 I Replacement-I I I I I 
 I applicant I ............  I I ..............  I ..............  I 
 I I I I I 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Etc. 
2. Confidence person for the common list for all countries is: 
 ..................................................................... 
 Family name, first name 
 ..................................................................... 
 street, house number, postal code, residence, remote call 
 Deputy confidanseer is: 
 ..................................................................... 
 Family name, first name 
 ..................................................................... 
 street, house number, postal code, residence, remote call 
3. The common list for all countries is ...............  Assets 
 , and 
 a) .......  Declarations of approval of candidates and substitute candidates 
 (Section 11 (2) (1) of the European Elections Act) with the insurance companies 
 Eides that they do not take part in another Member State 
 of the European Union 2), and membership of the European Union 
 in parties or other political associations, 
 (b) .......  Certificates of eligibility of German applicants 
 and substitute candidates (Section 11 (2) (1a) of the European Elections Act),   
 c) .......  Certificates issued by the German municipal authorities for 
 (2) in the Federal Republic of Germany (2) 
 Apartment held and not excluded from eligibility 
 (Section 11 (2) (1b) of the European Elections Act), 
 d) .......  Insurance in lieu of Union citizens (2) according to 
 Section 11 (2) (1c) of the European Elections Act, 
 e) .......  Supporting documents with proof of the 
 Eligibility of signatories (3), 
 (f) a copy of the minutes of the decision-making 
 The members 'or representatives' meeting (Section 10 (6)) 
 European Elections Act) in addition to the insurance of Eides (§ 11 
 2 (2) of the European Elections Act), 
 (g) the written statutes and programme of the election proposal, 
 authorized 3), 
 (h) a copy of the transcript on the democratic 
 Principles of the election of the members of the Executive Board/of 
 Members of the Council who have to sign the nomination, 
 with the names and addresses of Management Board members 3) 4), 
 (i) a full power of the other board members involved; 5). 
  
Place Date 
............. 
  
Copies of the Executive Board of the Federal Association of the Party or of the 
Other political union 4) 5) 
  
..................... .................... 
 Name Name Name 
..................... .................... 
 function function function 

  

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1)

A party may attach the name and the short name of its European federation. Another political association may attach the name and the abbreviation of its members ' association in the electoral area and its European federation.

2)

The key date is the election day.

3)

In the case of joint lists for all countries of parties or other political associations which have not been elected on the basis of their own nominations in the electoral area in the European Parliament, in the German Bundestag or in a Landtag since their last election uninterrupted with at least five Members.

4)

The common list for all countries must be signed in person and by hand by at least three members of the national board of the electoral nomination, including the chairman or his deputy. If an eligible vote in the electoral area has no federal association or a uniform federal organisation, the common list shall be made up of all the boards of the next-lowest territorial associations in the electoral area or, if any, in the case of another political association, neither a federation nor a territorial association exists in the electoral area, and has been signed by its chief executive in one of the other Member States of the European Union (see also footnote 2).

5)

The signatures of the incoming board will be sufficient if it provides a corresponding written authority of the other board members from the participating countries within the time limit for submission.

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Annex 14 (to section 32 (3))
Form sheet for a support document

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2591-2592
with regard to of the individual amendments. (footnote) A signature shall be valid only if it has provided the signatory in person and in writing. The subject of the nomination shall not be collected until the nomination is made. Previously signed signatures are invalid. Any person entitled to vote may, by his signature, support only one nomination. Anyone who signs several election proposals will be punishable under Section 108d in conjunction with Section 107a of the Criminal Code.

Issued 
Place Date 
................ 
(service seal of the service office) 
-the Land returning officer of the Land returning officer/ 
-the Federal Returning Officer) Federal Returning Officer 1) 
  
 Support Subscript 
  
I hereby support through my signature the nomination of the 
  
 .................................................................... 
 Name of the party and its short name/name and password of the 
 other political union 
  
for the election of Members to the ............  European Parliament 
of the Federal Republic 
  
for the country ..................................... /for all countries. 1) 
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 (Complete in machine or print copy) 
  
Family Name ........................................................... 
First Names ............................................................... 
Date of birth: .......................................................... 
Address (main apartment) 2) 
Street, house number ..................................................... 
Postal code, place of residence .................................................. 
  
I agree that I have a certificate of choice for me- 
is caught on the right.  3) 4) 
  
Date Personal and handwritten signature 
............. ..................................................... 
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 (Not to be completed by the signatory) 
  
 Certificate of the right to vote 5) 
  
()  The above signatory is German/German in the sense of the 
Article 116 (1) of the Basic Law. 6) 
()  The above signatory is a citizen of the Union who is responsible for the 
an apartment in the Federal Republic of Germany, or 
is usually in the habit of holding.  6) 
He/She fulfils the other conditions of the electoral law of § 6 of the 
European Elections Act, is not in accordance with § 6a of the European Elections Act of the electoral law 
excluded and in the country ............................... eligible. 
  
Place, Date The Local Authority 
............. (service seal) .........................   

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1)

Delete as appropriate.

2)

In the case of persons entitled to vote outside the Federal Republic of Germany, the last reported dwelling in the Federal Republic of Germany shall also be designated or indicate that they have never been registered for an apartment in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany.

3)

If the signatory himself wishes to obtain the certificate of his/her right to vote himself.

4)

In the case of eligible Germans living outside the Federal Republic of Germany, proof of the right to vote is to be provided by the information in accordance with Appendix 2 and by issuing an insurance on oath instead of. A Union citizen shall be required to provide proof of the right to vote by issuing an insurance on oath instead of in accordance with Annex 14A.

5)

The right to vote may be certified by the municipal authority only once, and shall not be allowed to hold on to the nomination for which the certificate issued is intended. The signatory's right to vote must be given at the time of signature.

6)

Tick the appropriate one.

 Certificate of voter right 1) 2) 3) 
 for the election to ...  European Parliament 
  
Mr/wife 
 Family Name ....................................................... 
 First Names ........................................................... 
 Date of birth ....................................................... 
 Address (main apartment) 4) 
 Street, house number ................................................. 
 Postal code, place of residence, country ........................................ 
  
()  is German (r) within the meaning of Article 116 (1) of the Basic Law. 6) 
()  is a citizen of the Union who is in the Federal Republic of Germany 
an apartment or otherwise usually stays.  6) 
He/She fulfils the other conditions of the electoral law of § 6 of the 
European Elections Act, is not according to § 6a of the European Elections Act 
Excluded from the right to vote and in the country ............................... 
optional. 
  
Place, Date The Local Authority 
................ (Service Seal) .......................   

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1)

Model for the case of a separate grant in accordance with Section 32 (3) (3) sentence 2 of the European Electoral Regulations.

2)

The right to vote may be certified by the municipal authority only once, and shall not be allowed to hold on to the nomination for which the certificate issued is intended. The signatory's right to vote must be given at the time of signature.

3)

In the case of persons entitled to vote outside the Federal Republic of Germany, proof of the right to vote is to be provided by the information provided for in Appendix 2 and by the provision of an insurance on oath instead of. A Union citizen shall be required to provide proof of the right to vote by issuing an insurance on oath instead of in accordance with Annex 14A.

4)

In the case of persons entitled to vote outside the Federal Republic of Germany, the last reported flat in the Federal Republic of Germany shall also be designated or indicate that they have never been registered for an apartment in that electoral area.

5)

Tick the appropriate one.

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Annex 14A (to section 32 (3))
Insurance on oath instead of proof of the right to vote of a Union citizen for submission to the municipal authority (certificate of the right to vote for signatures)

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2593;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

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I 1 I Family name-if necessary  also birth name-, first name I 
I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I I Day I Month I Year I I I 
I I I I I I I I I I I I was born I I I I I I I was born I I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 3 I am in possession of an I reference number I I 
I I I ----------------------------------- I 
I I ()  valid I of (exhibiting I) 
I I identity card I am I authority) I 
I I I ----------------------------------- I 
I I ()  Passport I last I of (issuing I 
I I I extended I Authority) I 
I I I am I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 4 I I take over from the municipal authority in Eides: *) I 
I I 
I 5 I-I have the nationality of the following Member State I 
I I of the European Union ......................................................  I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 6 I-My current (main) apartment (street, house number, I) 
I I Postal code, place) in the Federal Republic of Germany I 
I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 7 I-Before I move, I was in the Member State of origin in the I 
I I (voter-) Directory of the following municipality/city I 
I I (local authority/constituency) registered I 
I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I am moved on to (place, state) I 
I I (date of logout) I 
I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 8 I-I am not in the Member State of origin of the electoral law I 
I I excluded.  I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 9 I-I have in the Federal Republic of Germany or in an I 
I I other Member State of the European Union since I 
I I am at least 3 months in an apartment or hold me there I 
I I usually usually on.  I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 10 I-I have the 18.  Year of life completed.  I 
I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I Date I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I 
I I Signature of the applicant (first and surname) I 
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The criminality of a misplaced insurance on the oath will be pointed out.

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Annex 15 (to section 32 (4) (1))
Declaration of consent with the insurance of Eides instead of candidates and replacement candidates of an election proposal 1)

(Fundstelle: BGBl. I 2003, 2594;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

 Family Name ....................................................... 
 First Names ........................................................... 
 Date of birth ....................................................... 
 Birthplace ......................................................... 
 Occupation or standing ................................................... 
 Address (main apartment) 
 Street, house number ................................................. 
 Postal code, place of residence, country ........................................ 
  
I agree with my nomination as an applicant/in-and 2)-substitute candidate 
  
in the nomination of the ............................................... 
 Name of the party and its short name/name 
 and password of other political 
 Association 3) 
  
for election to .........  European Parliament for the country .............. 
/for all countries.  2) 
  
I assure you that I don't mean for any other nomination 
Approval of the nomination as a candidate or as a substitute candidate 
.  2) 
  
I also have my name as an applicant in the 
Nomination of the 
  
 .................................................................... 
 Name of the party and its short name/name and password of the 
 OTHER POLITICAL UNION 2), 3) 
  
for the country ...........................................  2) 
  
I take care of Eides that I am not at the same time in a 
other Member States of the European Union 4).  5) 
I assure you of the responsible election leader in Eides, 
that I'm not a member of anyone other than the nomination 
of a party or other political association.  5) 
  
Date Personal and handwritten signature 
............. .....................................................   

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1)

Complete and complete in machine or printed copy; EU citizens (see also footnote 4) must also submit the insurance to Eides instead of Annex 16B.

2)

Delete as appropriate.

3)

Nomination of the nomination to the nomination on the nomination of the nomination (cf. also footnote 1))) for annexes 12 and 13.

4)

The key date is the election day.

5)

The criminality of a misplaced insurance on the oath will be pointed out.

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Annex 16 (to § 32 para. 4 no. 2)

(Fundstelle: BGBl. I 2003, 2595;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

Certificate of eligibility for Germans for election application in the 
 Date 
Federal Republic of Germany for the election to the European Parliament on ........ 
Mr/wife 
 Family Name ....................................................... 
 First Names ........................................................... 
 Date of birth ....................................................... 
 Birthplace ......................................................... 
 Address (main apartment) 
 Street, house number ................................................. 
 Postal code, place of residence .............................................................. 
  
is on election day according to the current findings German/r in the sense 
Article 116 (1) of the Basic Law and not of eligibility 
excluded (Section 6b (3) of the European Elections Act). 
  
Place, Date The Local Authority 
............ (seal of service) ............................ 
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I agree that for me a certificate of the 
Eligibility is obtained.  *) 
  
Date Personal and handwritten 
..................  Signature of the applicant/substitute applicant 
 .......................................... 
  
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*) If the applicant/substitute candidate certify his/her 
 Choose to pick up yourself, delete it.   

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Annex 16A (to section 32 (4) (2a))

(Fundstelle: BGBl. I 2003, 2596; of the individual amendments. Footnote)

Certificate of the apartment/of the other habitual residence 
as well as the non-exclusion of eligibility for Union citizens 
  
 Date 
for the election to the European Parliament on ....................... 
Mr/wife 
 Family Name ...................................................... 
 First names .......................................................... 
 Date of birth .............................................................. 
 Nationality ................................................... 
 Address (main apartment) 
 Street, house number ................................................ 
 Postal code, place of residence ............................................................. 
  
is based on the findings available today in the Federal Republic of Germany 
is not excluded from eligibility (Section 6b (4) (1) or (3) of the European Elections Act) 
and has here his/her apartment or his/her other habitual residence. 
  
Place, Date The Local Authority 
............ (seal of service) ..........................   

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Annex 16B (to section 32 (4) (2b))

(Fundstelle: BGBl. I 2003, 2597-2599;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

 Insurance on Eides 
 an EU citizen 1) 
 in accordance with § 11 (2) sentence 1 no. 1c of the European Elections Act 
 -First-time production- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
I I Family Name-if applicable  also birth name-, first name I 
I I I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I I Day I Month I Year I I I 
I I I I I I I I I I I I was born I I I I I I I was born I I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 3 I am in possession of an I reference number I I 
I I I ----------------------------------- I 
I I ()  valid I of (exhibiting I) 
I I identity card I am I authority) I 
I I I ----------------------------------- I 
I I ()  Passport I last I of (issuing I 
I I I extended I Authority) I 
I I I am I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 4 I I assure you of the responsible election manager at Eides I 
I I instead of: 2) 
I I 
I 5 I-I have the nationality of the following Member State I 
I I of the European Union 1) ...................................................  I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 6 I-My current apartment (street, house number, postcode, I 
I I Location) in the Federal Republic of Germany I 
I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 7 I-I was in the Member State of origin 1) before I was in the I 
I I Voter list of the following local authority I 
I I (municipality/city) /following constituency registered I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I-My last apartment (street, house number, postcode, place) I 
I I in the home Member State I   
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I am moved on to (place, state) I 
I I (date of logout) I 
I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 8 I-I do not apply in any other Member State of the I 
I I European Union 1) on the election to the European Parliament.  I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 9 I-I am not in the Member State of origin of eligibility I 
I I excluded. 1 )  I   
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 10 Date I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I Signature of the applicant (first and surname) I 
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1) Deadline is the election day. 
2) On the criminality of a misplaced insurance on Eides 
 instead of being pointed out. 
  
 Insurance on Eides 
 an EU citizen 1) 
 in accordance with § 11 (2) sentence 1 no. 1c of the European Elections Act 
 -Two-way production- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
I I Family Name-if applicable  also birth name-, first name I 
I I I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I I Day I Month I Year I I I 
I I I I I I I I I I I I was born I I I I I I I was born I I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 3 I am in possession of an I reference number I I 
I I I ----------------------------------- I 
I I ()  valid I of (exhibiting I) 
I I identity card I am I authority) I 
I I I ----------------------------------- I 
I I ()  Passport I last I of (issuing I 
I I I extended I Authority) I 
I I I am I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 4 I I assure you of the responsible election manager at Eides I 
I I instead of: 2) 
I I 
I 5 I-I have the nationality of the following Member State I 
I I of the European Union 1) ...................................................  I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 6 I-My current apartment (street, house number, postcode, I 
I I Location) in the Federal Republic of Germany I 
I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 7 I-I was in the Member State of origin 1) before I was in the I 
I I Voter list of the following local authority I 
I I (municipality/city) /following constituency registered I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I-My last apartment (street, house number, postcode, place) I 
I I in the home Member State I   
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I-I am moved on to (place, state) I 
I I (date of logout) I 
I I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 8 I-I do not apply in any other Member State of the I 
I I European Union 1) on the election to the European Parliament.  I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 9 I-I am not in the Member State of origin of eligibility I 
I I excluded. 1 )  I   
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I 10 Date I 
I I ----------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I Signature of the applicant (first and surname) I 
------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
1) Deadline is the election day. 
2) On the criminality of a misplaced insurance on Eides   
 instead of being pointed out. 
  
 Rear 
 the two-way production 
(Please address the address of the 
by the Member State 
of the applicant notified body 
) 
  
.................................... 
.................................... 
....................................... ------------------------------ 
....................................  I From Applicant Not I 
 I to be completed.  I 
....................................  I shall be appointed by the Representative I 
 I of the Federal Returning Officer I 
 I completed and I 
 I sent.  I 
 ------------------------------ 
  
Subject: Application of a Union citizen 1) to the European election 
 Parliament in the Federal Republic of Germany 
  
(1) on the one hand, and 1) on the other, to choose the 
European Parliament in the Federal Republic of Germany. 
  
Name and address of the Federal Returning Officer 
............................... 
............................... 
............................... 
............................... 
Germany 
  
Place, date Signature of the application of the 
.........................  Federal Returning Officer 
 ................................. 
 i.A. 
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1) Deadline is the election day. 
2) On the criminality of a misplaced insurance on Eides   
 instead of being pointed out.   

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Appendix 16C (omitted)

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Annex 17 (to section 32 (4) (3))

Source of the original text: BGBl. I 2003, 2601-2603

Place Date 
............. 
 All information in machine or printed copy. 
 Please fill in fields or tick (x). 
  
 Niederschrift 
 via the Members ' Meeting 1) on the list of candidates 
 and substitute candidates for the list frt 
 .................................................................... 
 Name of the party and its short name/name and password of the 
 other political union 
 Name of the country 
for the election to ...  European Parliament for the country ............... 
  
the party (s) of the party or other political association 
 Invitation Date Form 
had been on .................... by .......................................... 
  
 ()  2) a General Assembly in the country 
 (General Assembly for the election of candidates and substitute candidates 
 for the list for a single country is a gathering of 
 at the time of their meeting in the country of choice of 
 Members of the European Parliament.) 
 ()  2) the members of the special representative assembly 
 (Special Representative Assembly is a meeting of 
 Representatives who, according to § 10 (2) sentence 3 and (7) of the 
 European Elections Act for the preparation of candidates and 
 Substitute candidates have been elected.) 
 ()  2) the members of the General Assembly 
 (General Assembly of Representatives is a meeting of 
 Representatives who, according to the statutes of the party or other 
 political union in general for upcoming elections 
 pursuant to § 10 (2) sentence 3 and (7) of the European Elections Act 
 ) 
  
 Date 
to the ...................., ....................  Clock, 
 Address of the meeting room with street, house number, postal code, location 
after ....................................................................... 
 ....................................................................... 
  
 ()  2) for the purpose of drawing up a list of candidates 
 ()  2) for the purpose of repeating the vote on the installation 
 the list of candidates 
. 
  
 Number 
Appeared .......... voting members/representatives.  1) 3) 
The Assembly was led by: .................................. 
 Before and surname 
The Assembly ordered 
to the author: .................................. 
 Before and surname 
The Assembly ordered 
to the co-signatories of the minutes: .................................. 
 Before and surname 
 .................................. 
 Before and surname 
The Assembly Leader noted 
1. that the representatives in the members ' meetings of the party/other 
 Political Association 1) in the country 
 Date Date 
 in the period from .................... to ................... 
 ()  2) for the special representative assembly 
 ()  2) for the General Assembly 
 have been elected; 
2. ()  2) that the voting rights of all the published, the right to 
 Voting has been established; 
 ()  2) that on his explicit question from any meeting participant 
 the membership, the authority and the right to vote of a 
 A participant who has the right to vote, 
 is doubted; 
3. ()  2) that according to the statutes of the party/other political association 1) 
 ()  2) that according to the general for elections of the party/other political 
 Association 1) 
 ()  2) that according to the decision taken by the Assembly 
 as candidates or  Substitute candidate is elected, who 4) 
 ............................................................................ 
 ............................................................................ 
4. that covert ballot papers shall be classified by secret ballot and that each 
 voting participants on the ballot shall not be subject to the/the 
 Name of the candidate preferred by him/s or  Substitute Applicants/ 
 and have the order to be remarked; 
5. that each voting participant of the Assembly 
 has been entitled to proposals; 
6. that the candidates and substitute candidates had the opportunity to, and to 
 to present the programme at an appropriate time. 
The choice of candidates, the definition of their order and the choice of 
Substitute candidates were carried out in such a way that the applicants 
-and then on the substitute candidates, 
1.  ....................................................... individually 
2.  .......................................................   

has been put to the vote with concealed ballot papers. Uniform ballot papers have been used for the vote. Each party entitled to vote was given a ballot paper. The voting participants noted the name (s) of the candidate (s) of interest (s) of interest (s) of interest (s). Substitute candidates/s on the ballot paper and gave it down. At the end of the vote, the votes were counted, the selected candidates, or Substitute candidates are determined and the election result is announced. The individual ballots showed that for the list for the country .......... the following candidates are drawn up in the following order and for the candidates the following candidates are: 5)

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I Lfd.  No.  I Family-name I Occupation I Birth-I Address (Main Apartment) I 
I I I or I date I-Street, house number I 
I I First Name I, Stand I I-Postal code, place of residence I 
I I I I I I birth-I I 
I I I Place I I 
I ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
I I I I I 
I 1.  I --------------- I I ----------- I ---------------------------- I 
I I I I I 
I ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I Replacement-I I I I I 
Applicants I --------------- I I ----------- I ---------------------------- I 
I I I I I 
I ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I I I I 
I 2.  I --------------- I I ----------- I ---------------------------- I 
I I I I I 
I ------------------------------------ I ---------------------------------------- I 
I Replacement-I I I I I 
Applicants I --------------- I I ----------- I ---------------------------- I 
I I I I I 
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Etc. 
  
Objections to the election result were 
  
()  2) not collected. 
()  2), but rejected by the Assembly. 
 The details have been produced in the form of transcripts, 
 which shall be considered as Annex (s) No  .... to No.  .... are attached. 
  
The Assembly mandated ........................................... 
 ............................................... 
 Family names and first names of 2 participants 
  
in addition to the head, to take out the insurance on oath instead of the fact that the 
The requirements of § 10 (3) sentence 1 to 3 of the European Elections Act are respected 
. 
  
 The Head of the Assembly Of The Writers 
 ............................................................... 
 ............................................................... 
 Before and surname of the first and last name of the 
 Signatories in machines or signatories in machines or 
 Printed copy and handwritten printed copy and handwritten 
 Signature Signature 
  
 As a co-signatory 
 1. ................................ 2.  ................................ 
 ................................ ................................ 
 Before and surname of the first and last name of the 
 Signatories in machines or signatories in machines or 
 Printed copy and handwritten printed copy and handwritten 
 Signature Signature   

----------

1)

Do not delete as appropriate.

2)

Please tick the appropriate one.

3)

It is advisable to have an attendance register, from the names and surnames of the participants and the addresses of the participants.

4)

Electoral procedure (e.g. B. Simple, absolute majority).

5)

Applicants may also be listed in an asset using the schema below.

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Annex 18 (to § 32 para. 4 no. 3)

Source of the original text: BGBl. I 2003, 2604-2606

Place Date 
.............. 
 All information in machine or printed copy. 
 Please fill in fields or tick (x). 
  
 Niederschrift 
 via the Members ' Meeting 1) on the list of candidates 
 and substitute candidates for the common list of 
 .................................................................... 
 Name of the party and its short name/name and password of the 
 other political union 
for the election to ...  European Parliament for all countries 
  
Convenor of the Party or any other political association 
 Invitation Date Form 
had been on .................... by .......................................... 
  
 ()  2) a General Assembly in the electoral area 
 (General Assembly for the election of candidates and substitute candidates 
 for the common list for all countries is a meeting 
 , at the time of their meeting in the electoral area, 
 of the European Parliament.) 
 ()  2) the members of the special representative assembly 
 (Special Representative Assembly is a meeting of 
 Representatives who, according to § 10 (2) sentence 3 and (7) of the 
 European Elections Act in the Land for the preparation of candidates 
 and substitute candidates for the common list for all countries 
 ) 
 ()  2) the members of the General Assembly 
 (General Assembly of Representatives is a meeting of 
 Representatives who, according to the statutes of the party or other 
 political association in general for imminent elections in the 
 Electoral area pursuant to § 10 (2) sentence 3 and (7) of the 
 European Elections Act.) 
  
 Date 
to the ...................., ....................  Clock, 
 Address of the meeting room with street, house number, postal code, location 
after ....................................................................... 
 ....................................................................... 
 ()  2) for the purpose of drawing up a common list for all countries 
 ()  2) for the purpose of repeating the vote on the installation 
 the common list for all countries 
. 
  
 Number 
Appeared .......... voting members/representatives.  1) 3) 
The Assembly was led by: .................................. 
 Before and surname 
The Assembly ordered 
to the author: .................................. 
 Before and surname 
The Assembly ordered 
to co-signatories of the minutes .................................. 
 Before and surname 
 .................................. 
 Before and surname 
The Assembly Leader noted 
1. that the representatives in the members ' meetings of the party/other 
 political group 1) in the electoral area 
 Date Date 
 in the period from .................... to ................... 
 ()  2) for the special representative assembly 
 ()  2) for the General Assembly 
 have been elected; 
2. ()  2) that the voting rights of all the published, the right to 
 Voting has been established; 
 ()  2) that on his explicit question from any meeting participant 
 the membership, the authority and the right to vote of a 
 A participant who has the right to vote, 
 is doubted; 
3. ()  2) that according to the statutes of the party/other political association 1) 
 ()  2) that according to the general for elections of the party/other political 
 Association 1) 
 ()  2) that according to the decision taken by the Assembly 
 as candidates or  Substitute candidate is elected, who 4) 
 ............................................................................ 
 ............................................................................ 
4. that covert ballot papers shall be classified by secret ballot and that each 
 voting participants on the ballot shall not be subject to the/the 
 Name of the candidate preferred by him/s or  Substitute Applicants/ 
 and have the order to be remarked; 
5. that each voting participant of the Assembly 
 has been entitled to proposals; 
6. that the candidates and substitute candidates had the opportunity to, and to 
 to present the programme at an appropriate time. 
  
The choice of candidates, the definition of their order and the choice of 
Substitute candidates were carried out in such a way that the applicants 
-and then on the substitute candidates, 
1.  ....................................................... individually 
2.  .......................................................   

has been put to the vote with concealed ballot papers. Uniform ballot papers have been used for the vote. Each party entitled to vote was given a ballot paper. The voting participants noted the name (s) of the candidate (s) of interest (s) of interest (s) of interest (s). Substitute candidates/s on the ballot paper and gave it down. At the end of the vote, the votes were counted, the selected candidates, or Substitute candidates are determined and the election result is announced. The individual ballots indicated that the following candidates were drawn up for the common list for all countries in the following order and for the candidates: 5)

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I Lfd.  No.  I Family-name I Occupation I Birth-I Address (Main Apartment) I 
I I I or I date I-Street, house number I 
I I First Name I, Stand I I-Postal code, place of residence I 
I I I I I I birth-I I 
I I I Place I I 
I ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
I I I I I 
I 1.  I --------------- I I ----------- I ---------------------------- I 
I I I I I 
I ------------------------------------------------ I ---------------------------- I 
I Replacement-I I I I I 
Applicants I --------------- I I ----------- I ---------------------------- I 
I I I I I 
I ------------------------------------------------ I ---------------------------- I 
I I I I I 
I 2.  I --------------- I I ----------- I ---------------------------- I 
I I I I I 
I ------------------------------------------------ I ---------------------------- I 
I Replacement-I I I I I 
Applicants I --------------- I I ----------- I ---------------------------- I 
I I I I I 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
Etc. 
  
Objections to the election result were 
()  2) not collected. 
()  2), but rejected by the Assembly. 
 The details have been produced in the form of transcripts, 
 which are set up as Annex/n No  .... to No.  .... are attached. 
  
The Assembly mandated ........................................... 
 ............................................... 
 Family names and first names of 2 participants 
  
in addition to the director, to take out insurance on oath instead of 
that the requirements of § 10 (3) sentence 1 to 3 of the European Elections Act 
have been respected. 
  
 The Head of the Assembly Of The Writers 
 ............................................................... 
 ............................................................... 
 Before and surname of the first and last name of the 
 Signatories in machines or signatories in machines or 
 Printed copy and handwritten printed copy and handwritten 
 Signature Signature 
  
 As a co-signatory 
 1. ................................ 2.  ................................ 
 ................................ ................................ 
 Before and surname of the first and last name of the 
 Signatories in machines or signatories in machines or 
 Printed copy and handwritten printed copy and handwritten 
 Signature Signature   

----------

1)

Do not delete as appropriate.

2)

Please tick the appropriate one.

3)

It is advisable to have an attendance register, from the names and surnames of the participants and the addresses of the participants.

4)

Electoral procedure (e.g. B. Simple, absolute majority).

5)

Applicants may also be listed in an asset using the schema below.

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Annex 19 (to section 32 (4) (3))
Insurance on Eides

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2607;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

  
We assure you   
-the Federal Returning Officer   
at Eides instead of 1), 
1. that the General Assembly/Representative Assembly 2) of the 
 ..................................................................... 
 Name of the party and its short name/name and password of the 
 Other political union 3) 
 Date Location 
 on ........................... in .......................... 
the candidates and their order, as well as the substitute candidates for the 
List for the country .............................................................. 
-common list for all countries 2) to the election to ......  European 
 Parliament 
established by secret ballot; 
2. that each voting participant of the Assembly 
 has been entitled to proposals; 
3. that candidates and substitute candidates had the opportunity to, and to, 
 Programme of the Assembly in an appropriate period of time. 
  
Place Date 
.......................... 
The Head of the Assembly The two participants appointed by the Assembly 
-------------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 
Signatory's name on behalf of the signatory in machines- 
Machinery or printed copy or printed copy and handwritten 
and handwritten signature 
Signature 
....................... ........................................................... 
 Name of the signer in machines- 
 or printed copy and handwritten 
 Signature 
 ....................................... 
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1) The criminality of a misplaced insurance on the oath is to be noted. 
2) Do not delete as appropriate. 
3) The name of the nomination must be given by the 
 Name on the nomination.   

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Annex 20 (to section 34 (6) and (8))
Minutes of the meeting of the Federal Electoral Committee to decide on the approval of the nominations submitted

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2608-2610;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

 Place Date 
 ...................................... 
  
I. For the examination of the nominations for election to the 
 European Parliament 
 Date 
 on ............................................................... 
 Name of the country 
 for the country .................................... /for all countries 
 and the decision on its authorisation has been taken today by order 
 according to the electoral committee. 
 The following were published: 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 I Family Name, I Home I Function 
 I first names I I 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 1. I............... I............... I as chairman/r/ 
 I I as deputy/r 
 I I I Chairperson 
 2. I............... I............... I as a co-sitter/in 
 3. I............... I............... I as a co-sitter/in 
 4. I............... I............... I as a co-sitter/in 
 5. I............... I............... I as a co-sitter/in 
 6. I............... I as a co-sitter/in 
 7. I............... I............... I as a co-sitter/in 
 8. I............... I as a co-sitter/in   
 9. I............... I............... I as a co-sitter/in 
 10. I............... I............... I to the Committee   
 I I I appointed Judge of the Federal Administrative Court 
 11. I............... I to the Committee 
 I I I appointed Judge of the Federal Administrative Court. 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  
 In addition, there were: 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 I............... I............... I as a writer/in 
 I............... I............... I and 
 I............... I............... I as auxiliary staff. 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  
 As a confidant of the nominations, the following were published: 
 1. For .......................................................... 
 Name of the election proposal 
 .......................................................... 
 Before-and surname, street, house number, 
 postal code, place of residence 
 2. For .......................................................... 
 Name of the election proposal 
 .......................................................... 
 Before-and surname, street, house number, 
 postal code, place of residence 
 Etc. 
 Time 
II.  The chairman opened the session with the fact that he/she 
 they shall be responsible for the commitment of the seatters and the authors of the 
 non-partisan perception of their office and to secrecy 
 on which they became aware of their official activities 
 Affairs pointed. 
III.  The Chair submitted the following election proposals to the electoral committee: 
 1. ................... received on .......................  Watch 
 2. ................... received on .......................  Watch 
 Etc. 
 He/she reported on the result of his/her preliminary examination. 
IV.  On the basis of the endorsements on the nominations 
 it has been established that no nomination or election 
 proposals have been received late in the day: 
 1. ................... received on .......................  Watch 
 2. ................... received on .......................  Watch 
 Etc. 
 The person of the person (s) of the nomination concerned/ 
 Election proposals have been heard. 
 The Electoral Committee then rejected these nominations/nominations/nominations 
 by decision. 
V. In the examination of the other nominations, the following were found: 
 Defects 
 (The nomination and the nature of the defect and the nature of the   
 Specify actual and legal circumstances): 
 .................................................................. 
 .................................................................. 
 .................................................................. 
 On the identified shortcomings of the election proposal/choice, 
 proposals were made to the persons of the person concerned 
 Election proposals/nominations. 
VI.  On the basis of the shortcomings identified, the election committee decided to: 
 the following nominations shall be rejected: 
 1. .............................................................. 
 2. .............................................................. 
 Etc. 
VII.  In the examination of the candidates and the substitute candidates on the 
 Nominations were made for the candidate/substitute candidate: 
 1. ....................... of the election proposal ................ 
 Before and surname 
 2. ....................... of the election proposal ................ 
 Before and surname 
 Etc. 
 the following deficiencies (including the presentation of the respective deficiency) 
 the actual and legal circumstances in question): 
 to 1.  ............................................................ 
 to 2.  ............................................................ 
 Etc. 
 The identified defects were the trusted person/s 
 of the nomination/nomination of the nomination concerned. 
VIII.  On the basis of the shortcomings identified, the election committee decided to: 
 the following candidates and substitute candidates from the following 
 Election proposal/nomination proposals to be deleted: 
 to 1.  ....................... from the nomination .............. 
 (first and surname) 
 to 2.  ....................... from the nomination .............. 
 (first and surname) 
 Etc. 
IX.  The name/The short name/The password/The application of the 
 Electoral Proposals 
 .................................................................. 
 gives you confusion in the country with the election proposal of the 
 Electoral Proposals 
 ...........................................................  Occasion. 
 The person of the person (s) of the nomination concerned/ 
 Election proposals have been included. 
X. In order to avoid confusion, the election committee decided to: 
 the nomination for the nomination ....................................... 
 Add the distinguishing name: 
 .................................................................. 
XI.  The Election Committee then decided to propose the following nominations 
 to allow: 
 1. .............................................................. 
 Name of the party and its short name/name and password 
 of the other political association 
 with ......  Applicants, their names and their order, and their 
 Number 
 Substitute candidates 
 from Annex No  ....... can be seen in the minutes. 
 2. .............................................................. 
 Name of the party and its short name/name and password 
 of the other political association 
 with ......  Applicants, their names and their order, and their 
 Number 
 Substitute candidates from Annex No.  ........................... 
 to the transcript. 
 Etc. 
XII.  The decision of the Election Committee was unanimous. 
 Election Committee decided by majority of votes/In the case of a tie 
 the chairman's vote gave the rash. 
 The meeting was public. 
XIII.  The Federal Returning Officer gave the decision of the 
 Electoral committee at the meeting following decision-making 
 a brief description of the reasons and referred to the admissible 
 Right of appeal. 
XIV.  The above minutes have been read out by the   
 Head of the Federal Returning Officer, the co-sitters appointed to the Committee 
 Judges of the Federal Administrative Court and the Secretary approved 
 and signed as follows: 
  
 The Federal Returning Officer Of The Secretary 
  
  
 .............................. ................................. 
  
 The co-sitters 
 1. .......................... 2.  .............................. 
 3. .......................... 4.  .............................. 
 5. .......................... 6.  .............................. 
 7. .......................... 8.  ..............................   
  
 The judges of the Federal Administrative Court appointed to the committee 
 1. .......................... 2.  .............................. 
  

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Annex 21 (to section 36 (1))
Declaration on the exclusion from the connection of nominations

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2611;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

Federal Returning Officer 
Federal Statistical Office 
  
65180 Wiesbaden 
  

  
As a trusted person and deputy confidancefor the list 
of the .................................................................... 
 Name of the party and its short name/name and password 
 of the other political association 
 Date 
We declare at the election of the European Parliament on ................... 
pursuant to § 2 (2) and § 11 (3) of the European Elections Act 
the exclusion from the connection of this list with the following 
Nominations of the above-mentioned eligible nomination: 
1. ................................ ................................ ................ 
2. ................................ ................................ 
3. ................................ ................................ 
 Name of the list for the country 
 Country 
Etc. 
  
Place Date 
.................. 
 ...................................... 
 Before and surname, street, 
 House number, postcode, place of residence, 
 Call of the confidanseer *) 
  
 ...................................... 
 Before and surname, street, 
 House number, postcode, place of residence, 
 Telex of the Vice-President 
 Trust sperson *) 
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*) All specifications in machine or print lettering, names 
 In addition, in handwritten signature.   

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Annex 22 (to section 27 (3) and section 38 (1))

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2612;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

 [Ballot Pattern *)] 
*) Applicants of an election proposal can continuously side by side 
 and/or the ballot paper can be printed in DIN A4 landscape format 
 if this is necessary because of the length of the ballot paper. 
  
 Ballot Date 
for the election of the Members of the European Parliament on ........... 
 in the State of 
 You have 1 voice 
 (x) 
 Please, here 
 Tick 
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I I XYZ ...............  Party-Joint List for all I I 
I I Countries-I I 
I I I 
I I 1.  Hans Bauer, MdB, 6.  Fritz Lange, Rector, Kiel I I 
I I Essen (NW) (SH) I I 
I I 2. Dr. Fritz Becker, 7.  Heike Köhler, I I 
I I Managing Director, (HH) Ingenieurin, (BE) I I 
I 1 I 3.  Norbert Geier, studies-8.  Heinz Römer, I ()  I 
I I Council, Frankfurt/O.  (BB) employee, (HB) I I 
I I 4.  Andreas Huber, writing-9.  Karl Schreiber, I I 
I I seter, München (BY) Motor Vehicle Master, Koblenz (RP) I I 
I I 5.  Ursula Hartmann, 10.  Rudolf Winter, I I 
I I Hausfrau, Hannover (NI) Werkmeister, St. Wendel I I 
I I (SL) I I 
I ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I ABC ................  Party-List for the State of Hesse-I I 
I I I 
I I 1.  Rolf Adam, editor, 6.  Erhard Kaiser, Schlosser, I I 
I I Frankfurt/M. Dillenburg I I 
I 2. Juliane Bartsch, 7.  Albrecht Reiter, I I 
I 2 I Hausfrau, Offenbach Studienrat, Marburg I ()  I 
I I 3.  Dr. Daniel Beyer, MdB, 8.  Gundula Sommer, I I 
I I Kassel Secretary, Hanau I I 
I I 4.  Brunhilde Henkel, home-9.  Hartmut Schulz, Rector, I I 
I I Head, Bath-Wildungen Fritzlar I I 
I I 5.  Burghard Hoffmann, 10.  Roland Vogt, Beamter, I I 
I I Technician, Eschwege Bad Homburg v. d.  Level I I 
I ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I DEF ................  Party-Joint List for all I I 
I I Countries-I I 
I I I 
I I 1.  Dr. Hans Ackermann, 6.  Harald Linde, Study Council, I I 
I I Chemist, Leipzig (SN) Flensburg (SH) I I 
I I 2. Erika Bachus, Med.-techn.  7.  Peter May, Schlosser, I I 
I I Assistentin, (HH) Stuttgart (BW) I I 
I 3 I 3.  Luise Engels, Hebamme, 8.  Marianne Meister, I ()  I 
I I Frankfurt/M.  (HE) Librarian, Erfurt I I 
I I (TH) I I 
I I 4.  Paul Hofer, Beamter, 9.  Eduard Scholz, Winzer, I I 
I I München (BY) Bad Kreuznach (RP) I I 
I I 5.  Max Krause, Tankwart, 10.  Franz Wiese, Tax-I I 
I I Hannover (NI) Consultant, Saarbrücken I I 
I I (SL) I I 
I ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I NNO ................  Party-List for the State of Hesse-I I 
I I I 
I I 1.  Albert Bär, Kaufmann, 6.  Richard Rumpf, Musician, I I 
I I Frankfurt/M. Kassel I I 
I I 2. Dr. Gustav Bartsch, 7.  Susanne Sturm, teacher, I I 
I 4 I Doctor, Arolsen Offenbach I ()  I 
I I 3.  Herbert Deichmann, 8.  Winfried Weber, techn.  I I 
I I Kaufmann, Gersfeld Zeichner, Marburg I I 
I I 4.  Paul Fischer, 9.  Bruno Wolf, farmer, I I 
I I Trade Union Secretary, Hattersheim I I 
I I Darmstadt I I 
I I 5.  Veronika Kraft, 10.  Bernhard Zimmer, Beamter, I I 
I I Sozialarbeiterin, Fulda Wiesbaden I I 
I ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I 
I I Voter Association United Europe-Joint List for I I 
I I all countries-I I 
I I I 
I I 1.  Dr. Heinz Eckert, 6.  Sascha Rösler, Fischer, I I 
I I Rechtsanwalt, Köln (NW) Magdeburg (ST) I I 
I I 2. Alfred Frisch, Business-7.  Dr. Irmgard Schön, I I 
I I Guide, (HH) Physician, Mannheim (BW) I I 
I 5 I 3.  Brigitta Hausmann, 8.  Willi Wendland, I ()  I 
I I Chemist, Frankfurt/M. Specialworker, I I 
I I (HE) Bremerhaven (HB) I I 
I I 4.  Konstantin Kramer, 9.  Emil Weiss, Kaufmann, I I 
I I Soldat, Rostock (MV) Mainz (RP) I I 
I I 5.  Ludwig Mehl, teacher, 10.  Gerda Klug, Employees, I I 
I I Göttingen (NI) Saarbrücken (SL) I I 
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BW = Baden-Württemberg, BY = Bayern, BE = Berlin, BB = Brandenburg, 
HB = Bremen, HH = Hamburg, HE = Hesse, MV = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 
NI = Niedersachsen, NW = Nordrhein-Westfalen, RP = Rhineland-Palatinate, 
SL = Saarland, SN = Sachsen, ST = Sachsen-Anhalt, SH = Schleswig-Holstein, 
TH = Thüringen   

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Annex 23 (to section 41 (1))
Election announcement

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2613-2614;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

 Date 
1. Am .................................. 
 shall be found in the Federal Republic of Germany 
  
 Election to the European Parliament 
  
 instead. 
  
 The choice lasts from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 1). 
  
(2) The municipality of 2) forms an electoral district. 
 Designation of the electoral area 
 The electoral area shall be set up in .......................... 
 Number 
 The municipality of 3) is located in the following .......  Electoral district divided: 
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 Election-I name of the constituency I name of the 
 District No.  I I Electoral Area 
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 1 I district east of the railway line G-P I Realschule in der 
 I I Main Street 
 2 I district west of the railway line G-P I Saal der Gastwirtschaft 
 I I "Zum Löwen" 
 3 I suburb N. I primary school of the suburb 
 I I N. 
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 Number 
 The municipality of 4) is divided into ........ general constituencies 5). 
 In the election notifications, those entitled to vote in time 
 Date Date 
 from ....................... to .......................... 
 , the electoral district and the electoral area shall be indicated in the 
 the person entitled to vote. 
 The Postal Ballot Board/The Postal Ballot Board shall enter/join the 
 Time 
 Determination of the postal ballot results..........  Watch 
 Place and space 
 in ......................... together. 
3. Any person entitled to vote can only be held in the electoral area of the electoral district 
 , where it is entered in the voters ' register. 
 Voters have their electoral notification and an official 
 Identity card-Union citizens with a valid identity card- 
 or to bring your passport to your choice. 
 The election notification shall be given in the election. 
 It is elected with official ballot papers. 
 Every voter will receive a ballot on entering the polling room 
 It is handed out. 
 Every voter has a voice. 
 The ballot paper shall contain, in each case, the following number: 
 the name of the party and its short name or  the designation 
 of the other political association and its password, as well as 
 the first 10 candidates of the approved nominations and on the right 
 a circle for the nomination of the person entitled to vote 
 the labelling. 
 The voter shall cast his vote in the manner 
 that on the right part of the ballot, he's going through a 
 Circle set cross or otherwise clearly marked 
 the election proposal to which it is to apply. 
 The ballot must be made by the voter in a polling booth of the electoral area 
 or in a special sub-space, and in such a way 
 to be folded, that its ballot is not visible. 
4. The electoral process and the subsequent election act 
 Identification and determination of the election result in the electoral district 
 public.  Everyone has access to the site, to the extent that this is without prejudice 
 of the election business is possible. 
5. Voters who have a polling card may vote in the circle or 
 in the circular city in which the polling card is issued, 
 (a) by voting in any constituency of the county/ 
 circular city or 
 b) by postal ballot 
 participating. 
 If you want to vote by postal ballot, you have to contact the municipal authority 
 an official ballot paper, an official ballot paper, and 
 Procure an official ballot letter and his election letter 
 with the ballot paper (in closed ballot paper envelope) and the 
 , as soon as the on-the-job polling card has been signed 
 Send the postal ballot to the point indicated that it is there 
 at the latest on election days until 6 p.m.  The Election Letter 
 may also be given at the specified location. 
6. Any person entitled to vote may be entitled to vote only once and only 
 in person.  This also applies to persons entitled to vote who are at the same time 
 in another Member State of the European Union 
 The European Parliament has the right to vote (Article 6 (4) of the 
 European Elections Act). 
 Who chooses unauthorised or otherwise an incorrect result of an election 
 , or falsifies the result, shall be punishable by imprisonment 
 for up to 5 years or punishable by a fine; the trial is 
 punishable (§ 107a (1) and (3) of the Criminal Code). 
  
Place, Date The Local Authority 
.............. ................................ 
  
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1) In the event of a different fixing of the beginning of the election period by the 
 The Land returning officer shall be appointed to the fixed term of the election. 
2) For municipalities that form only one electoral district. 
3) For municipalities, which are divided into a few electoral districts. 
4) For municipalities that are divided into a larger number of electoral districts 
 . 
5) If special electoral districts are formed, these are to be listed individually.   

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Annex 24 (to section 64 (7) and section 68 (4))

Source of the original text: BGBl. I 2003, 2615

Constituency (name or no.) 1) .................. 
Postal ballot box no. 1) ....................... 
Municipality/circle 1) .............................. 
Country 1) ........................................................ 
  
 Quick Message 
 on the outcome of the election to the European Parliament 
 Date 
 on ......................... 
  
The message is in the quickest way (e.g.  B. by telephone or other 
electronic means): 
 from the head of the electoral board to the municipal authority/town councor 
 Circle returning officer, 
 from the municipal authority to the constituency returning officer, 
 from the head of the postal ballot to the municipal authority/constituency returning officer/ 
 City returning officers, 
 by the constituency returning officer/town returning officer to the Land returning officer, 
 from the Land returning officer to the Federal Returning Officer. 
  
(identification letter)  2) 
(A 1 + A 2)  Eligible 3) ................ 
 (B)  Voters (only ballot/only postal ballot/ 
 Urn and postal ballot 1))) ............... 
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 (C)  Invalid votes ................ 
 (D)  Valid votes ................ 
 The valid votes shall not apply to: 
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 I Name of the party-Shortterm-I 
 I Name and password of the other I 
 I Political Association I 
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 Number of votes 
 (D 1)  1.  ................................ ................ 
 (D 2)  2.  ................................ ................ 
 (D 3)  3.  ................................ ................ 
 (D 4)  4.  ................................ ................ 
 (etc.)  Loud.  Ballot paper) Together ---------------- 
 Signature 
 .................. 
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 In case of a call by telephone, listen to the listener only when the numbers are 
 is repeated. 
  
 Passed: Time: picked up: 
  
.................... ................ ................ ................ 
 Signature of the signature of the 
 Reporting Receivables 
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The quick release is immediately after the determination of the result of the election 
. 
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1) Do not delete as appropriate. 
2) According to section 4 of the electoral rules (annexes 25, 27 and 31); 
 see also the compilation of the election results in Annex 26. 
3) Not to be completed by the postal ballot.   

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Annex 25 (to section 65 (1))

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2616-2621;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

Municipality ............... ()  1) General Electoral District 
Circle .................... ()  1) Special electoral district 
Country ..................... ()  1) constituency with movable 
Constituency ...............  Electoral prep 
(name or number) ....... ---------------------------------- 
 I This electoral document is I 
 I on the last page of I 
 I all members of the election-I 
 I to sign the board.  I 
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 Electoral Address 
 on the identification and determination of the outcome of the election in the 
 Electoral district 
 the election to the European Parliament 
 Date 
 on .................................. 
  
1. Electoral Council 
 On the election to the European Parliament, the electoral district 
 appeared by the electoral presume: 
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 I Family name I First name I Function I 
 I ---------------------------------------------------------------- I 
 I 1.  .................  I ..................  I as the electoral head/in 
 I 2.  .................  I ..................  I as I 
 I I I Deputy/r I 
 I I I electoral head/in I 
 I 3.  .................  I ..................  I as a writer/in 
 I 4.  .................  I ..................  I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 5.  .................  I ..................  I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 6.  .................  I ..................  I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 7.  .................  I ..................  I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 8.  .................  I ..................  I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 9.  .................  I ..................  I as a co-sitter/in I 
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 In place of the non-published or failed 
 Member of the electoral board appointed the head of the electoral board/in 
 The following persons present or persons present or obtained 
 /m member of the electoral board and pointed it to her/his/her 
 Commitment to impartiality of the Office and to the 
 Secrecy about your/her/his/her official (s) 
 Activities that have become known: 
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 I Family Name I First Name I Time I 
 I ---------------------------------------------------------------- I 
 I 1.  .................  I ..................  I ..................  I 
 I 2.  .................  I ..................  I ..................  I 
 I 3.  .................  I ..................  I ..................  I 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 The following auxiliary staff were involved: 
 ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 I Family Name I First Name I Task I 
 I ---------------------------------------------------------------- I 
 I 1.  .................  I ..................  I ..................  I 
 I 2.  .................  I ..................  I ..................  I 
 I 3.  .................  I ..................  I ..................  I 
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2. Election 
2.1 The Electoral Council (s) opened the electoral process with the result that he/she 
 the members of the electoral board present for their obligation to: 
 non-partisan perception of their office and to secrecy 
 on the information they have made known to them in their official activities 
 matters; he/she provided the grant of this mention   
 to all co-sitters before taking up their duties.  He/you beloted   
 they are about their tasks. 
 Imprints of the European Elections Act, the Federal Elections Act and the 
 European elections were held in the electoral area. 
2.2 The electoral council noted that the ballot box in 
 was in proper condition and was empty.  Then the 
 Ballot box 
 ()  1). 
 ()  1); the electoral head (s) took the 
 Key in custody. 
2.3 In order to ensure that voters mark the ballot papers unobserved 
 Could, in the polling room, were elective cabins or tables with blinds 
 situated or sub-spaces which were only accessible from the electoral area, 
 prepared. 
 Number of elective cabins or tables with blinds: ..................... 
 Number of adjoining rooms: ..................... 
 From the table of the electoral board, the polling booths or tables could be 
 View blinds or entrances to the adjoining rooms are overlooked. 
2.4 The vote was taken at ..........  Watch ..........  Minutes 
 started. 
2.5 ()  1) A list of pre-issued voting certificates 
 not before.  The voters ' register was not to be corrected. 
 ()  1) Before the start of the vote, the electoral head/s 
 the voters ' register according to the list of 
 issued voting certificates by the name of the 
 subsequently, with election certificates, eligible voters in the 
 Column for the vote the endorsement "election slip" or the 
 The letter "W" was inserted.  The electoral head/s also reported 
 the figures of the certificate issued by the municipal authority; these 
 Rectification has been signed by him/her. 
 ()  1) The electoral head (s) later reported in accordance with the 
 List of voters and their final certificate 
 , taking into account the number of people who have been sick on election days 
 Voting certificates issued by eligible voters. 
2.6 ()  1) Special incidents during the ballot were not available 
 , 
 ()  1) As far as special incidents occurred (e.g.  B. Rejection 
 of electors in the cases of § 49 (6) and (7) and § 52 
 (a European electoral system), minutes have been drawn up; 
 they are as Appendixes No.  ................................ 
 to  .......... annexed. 
2.7 ()  1) The electoral council has issued a communication on the invalidity of 
 Election seems not to be received. 
 ()  1) The electoral council has been informed of ..................... 
 that the following polling card/s has been declared invalid: 
 the name of the holder and surname of the holder of the voting system; 
 Random number 
 .................................................................. 
2.8 In the constituency there is 2) 
 ()  1) the smaller hospital/old or nursing home 
 ........................................................... 
 Label 
 ()  1) the monastery ............................................... 
 Label 
 ()  1) the social therapeutic institution .......................... 
 Label 
 ()  1) the judicial enforcement institution ................................ 
 Label 
 for the municipality, the vote in front of a movable 
 Member of the electoral system.  The staff composition of the 
 Movable electoral board/electoral board for the 
 Individual institution/en (three members of the electoral board 
 including the electoral head or his/her deputy) 
 from this document as Annex/n No  ............... 
 to  .......... attached special address/s 
 . 
 The movable electoral head was admitted to the 
 Municipal authority appointed to the establishment/s and 
 there passed the ballot papers to the eligible voters. 
 He dismissed the persons entitled to vote, who were in the vote of the 
 who wanted to serve another person's help, to make sure that they also 
 a member of the electoral board designated by them as 
 You can use the help person.  The voters had the 
 Possibility of marking the ballot in an unobserved way. 
 After examination of the voting certificates, voters threefold their folded 
 Ballot paper 
 in the closed-off vote brought by the moving electoral head 
 Ballot box.  As far as a voter wanted it, the electoral head/in 
 or his/her deputy/in the folded ballots in the 
 Ballot box.  The movable electoral head received the polling cards 
 and, after the vote was concluded, brought the closed ballot box 
 and the voting certificates received immediately into the electoral area 
 back.  The closed ballot box remained here until the end of the 
 Closure of the election period under the permanent supervision of the electoral board. 
2.9 In the Special Electoral District, a moving electoral body was held in 
 the sickness and transit as described under 2.8. 3). 
2.10 At 6 p.m., the Electoral Council (s) issued the election time 
 known.  After that, only those who were present in the polling room were 
 Eligible voters to vote.  Access to the 
 Election room has been blocked until the last of the 
 Voters cast their vote.  Then the public was 
 restored. 
 Um ..........  Watch ..........  Minutes explained the electoral head/ 
 the choice for closed. 
 All unused ballot papers were removed from the voting table. 
3. Determination and determination of the election result in the constituency 
3.1 The determination and determination of the results of the election have been carried out in the 
 direct connection to the vote and without interruption 
 under the direction of the person (s) of the elector 
 Elector (s) made. 
 First, the ballot box was opened; the ballots were 
 -and with the content of the ballot box/s of the 
 Movable electoral board/electoral board mixed 3).  The 
 The electoral officer was convinced that the ballot box was empty. 
3.2 a) The ballot papers were then counted. 
 The count resulted ......  Ballot paper 
 (= Voter (B)). 
 I An appropriate I 
 I position in Section 4 I 
 I register.  I 
 ------------------------- 
 (b) The list of voters registered in the voters ' register 
 Voting notes counted. 
 The count resulted ......  Endorsements. 
 c) With election certificate have chosen ......  Persons = (B 1). 
 ------ 
 b) + c) together ......  People. 
 ()  1) The total number b) + c) 
 agreed with the number of 
 Ballot papers under a) 
 . 
 ()  1) The total number b) + c) 
 to ........ larger 
 -less than 3) than the number 
 the ballot paper. 
 The difference, which is also the case with repeated counting 
 , the following reasons are explained: 
 ............................................................... 
 ............................................................... 
 ............................................................... 
 ............................................................... 
3.3 The author (s) transferred from the (if necessary)  rectified) 
 Certificate of the completion of the voter register the number of 
 Persons entitled to vote in Section 4 (A 1 + A 2)  the 
 Random copy. 
3.4 Now several co-sitters were provided under the supervision of the 
 Electors/in the following stacks of ballot papers and kept them under 
 Supervision: 
3.4.1 a) Several stacks from the ballot papers with dubile-free valid 
 vote separately for votes in favour of the individual nominations, 
 b) a stack with the unmarked ballot papers, and 3) 
 c) a stack of the ballot papers giving rise to concerns and 
 the decision to be taken later by the electoral council.  3) 
 The stack to c) was determined by a pre-election 
 Beisitzer taken into custody.  3) 
3.4.2 The co-sitters, the stacks arranged according to a) under their 
 supervision, handed over the individual stacks in the 
 Order of nominations on the ballot paper one after the other 
 to a part of the electoral head/in, to the other part of his/her/ 
 their deputy/in.  They examined whether the labelling of the 
 The ballot paper of each batch was the same and said to 
 each batch according to the nomination for which the votes cast 
 have been delivered.  Gave a ballot to the head of the election, or 
 his/her/her/her deputy/in the event of concern, 
 they add the ballot to the stack to c). 
 Now the electoral head/in the stack to b) with the 
 unmarked ballot papers which he/she has received from the co-sitter, 
 that they had been handed over in custody.  The Electoral Committee/ 
 said in each case that the vote is invalid.  3) 
 After that, two members of the electoral board were appointed by the electoral board. 
 (a)-and (b) 3)-stack under 
 reciprocal control by and determined the number of 
 , the number of nominations submitted to each election proposal 
 invalid votes.  The vote numbers thus determined were 
 Subtotals I (ZS I) are entered by the writer in Section 4. 
3.4.3 The counts according to 3.4.2 were as follows: 
 ()  1) Inconsistencies in the count did not arise. 
 ()  1) Since the number of deviations resulted, the following were: 
 both side-sizers will be re-attached to the stack. 
 According to this, there was a correspondence between the counts. 
3.4.4 At the end, the electoral presume decided on the validity of the 
 Votes, which are separated on the rest in the stack to c) 
 Ballot papers had been delivered. 
 The Electoral Council/in gave the decision orally 
 known and said in each case with valid votes, for which 
 The vote had been cast.  He/she remarked 
 the back of each ballot paper, whether and for which nomination 
 the vote is valid or whether it has been declared invalid 
 was, and saw the ballot papers with serial numbers.  The 
 Valid and invalid votes were identified as 
 Subtotals II (ZS II) by the writer in Section 4 
 3). 
3.4.5 The author counted the subtotals of the invalid 
 Votes as well as valid votes for each individual 
 Nominations together.  Two of the electoral presitiators 
 Beisitzer checked the concensus. 
3.5 The vom/collected by the electoral board/in certain co-sitters 
 (a) the ballot papers are separated in accordance with the election proposals to which the 
 Votes had been received, 
 (b) the unmarked ballot papers; 
 (c) the ballot papers which had given rise to concerns, 
 per each other, and they kept under their supervision. 
 The ballot papers referred to in (c) shall be: 
 No.  No. 
 Installations under the serial numbers ...... to ...... to ...... 
 Annex 3). 
3.6 The following section 4 of the electoral document 
 The result was the result of the election as the election result in the 
 Electoral district established and orally by the electoral head 
 announced. 
4. Wahler Result 
 (identification letters for the figures)  4) 
 (A 1)  Voters according to the voters ' register 
 without a blocking note "W" (voting certificate) 5) ............ 
 (A 2)  Voters according to the voters ' register 
 with lock note "W" (voting slip) 5) ............ 
 (A 1 + A 2)  Total voter list 
 Registered Voters 5) ............ 
 (B)  Total voters (cf.  above 3.2 (a)) ............ 
 (B 1)  including voters with polling card 
 (cf.  top 3.2 c)) ............ 
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 I Result of the election in constituency 6) I 
 ---------------------------------------------------- 
 I ZS I I ZS II I Total 
 I -------------------------------- 
 (C)  Invalid votes I I I 
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 Of the valid I I I 
 Votes I I I I 
 to the I I I 
 Nomination I I I 
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 (D 1)  1.  ...............  I I 
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 (D 2)  2.  ...............  I I 
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 (D 3)  3.  ...............  I I 
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 Etc.  Nominations I I I 
 in which the I I I 
 Ballot paper I I I 
 I I I 
 Order with I I I 
 Short description I I I 
 and password I I I 
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 (D)  Valid votes I I I 
 Total I I I 
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5. Completion of the election results 
5.1 In the determination and determination of the results of the election, the following: 
 special events: 3) 
 .................................................................. 
 .................................................................. 
 In this context, the Election Council 
 Decisions: 3) 
 .................................................................. 
 .................................................................. 
5.2 The member/member of the electoral board 
 Before and surname 
 .................................................................. 
 requested prior to the signature of the electoral document, 
 further counting of the votes 7), because 
 Indication of the reasons 
 .................................................................. 
 The counting process was then carried out (cf.  Section 3.4). 
 The result of the election contained in section 4 of the voter's address 
 for the electoral district 
 ()  1) again detected with the same result 
 ()  1) corrected 8) 
 and announced orally by the electoral head. 
5.3 The election result from Section 4 has been applied to the form for the 
 Quick message 9) transmitted and by phone in the fastest way 
 -by 2) indication of the transmission.... 
 to .......................... 
5.4 During the electoral process, at least three, during the 
 Identification and determination of the results of the election at least five 
 Members of the electoral board, including the electoral board (s) 
 and the author (s), or their substitutes, present. 
5.5 The electoral process as well as the identification and determination of the 
 Election results were public. 
5.6 Protruding writing has been received by the members of the 
 Election board approved and signed by them. 
  
 Place Date 
 ......................... 
 The Vice-President Of The Deputy 
 ......................... .................................. 
 The Secretary 
 ......................... 
 The other co-sitters 
 1. .................... 2.  ............................... 
 3. .................... 4.  ............................... 
 5. .................... 6.  ............................... 
5.7 The member/member of the electoral board ........................ 
 Before and surname 
 .......................... 
 refused/n the signature under the heading of the electoral office, because 3) 
 Indication of the reasons 
 .................................................................. 
5.8 After the end of the election business, all ballot papers and 
 Voting certificates that do not include this voting document as annexes 
 , attached, bundled and in paper, 
 packed: 
 (a) a package containing the valid nominations according to nominations 
 Ballot papers, 
 (b) a package containing the unmarked ballot papers 3); 
 (c) a package containing the polling cards accepted and 3) 
 (d) a package containing the unused ballot papers. 
 The packages to (a) to (c) have been sealed and the names of the 
 Municipality, the number of the electoral district and the content 
 provided. 
5.9 The representative of the municipal authority has been appointed on .................., 
 .............  Clock, submitted 
 -this voting document with annexes, 
 -the packages as described in Section 5.8, 
 -the voters ' register, 
 -the ballot box-if necessary  with lock and key-as well as 
 -all other members of the electoral council at the disposal of the municipality 
 , items and documents. 
  
 The electoral head 
 ................................. 
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 From the commissioner of the municipal authority, the electoral office 
 with all the installations in it 
 on .........................., ..............  Clock, on 
 Completeness checked and taken over. 
  
 ................................. 
 Signature of the Officer 
 the municipal authority 
  
 Attention: It is necessary to ensure that the voting document 
 with the plants as well as the packages with the other 
 Documents are not accessible to unauthorized persons. 
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1) Cross the appropriate box. 
2) If no electoral head of election was active in the electoral district, 
 to delete the whole of Section 2.8. 
3) Do not delete as appropriate. 
4) Election and Meldevordrucke are coordinated with each other. 
 The individual numbers of the election result are included in the quick message 
 in the case of the same letter with which it is used in the 
 Random copy is designated. 
5) The figures for the identification letters (A 1), (A 2)  and 
 (A 1 + A 2)  the certificate of completion of the financial statements 
 of the voters ' register (cf.  also section 2.5). 
6) Total (C)  + (D)  must include (B)  agree. 
7) If no recount has taken place, the entire 
 Section 5.2 to be deleted. 
8) The corrected figures are in Section 4 of other colour or 
 in a different way.  Old numbers do not 
 deleting or erasing. 
9) According to the model of Annex 24 to the European Electoral Regulations.   

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Annex 26 (to section 65 (3), section 68 (6), section 69 (1) and (4), section 70 (1) and (4) and section 71 (1))
Compilation of the final results of the election to the European Parliament

(Content: non-displayable table of election results,
Fundstelle: BGBl. I 2003, 2622) Unofficial table of contents

Annex 27 (to section 68 (5))

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2623-2628;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

Postal ballot box no.  ............. 
Municipality/n 1) ..................... ---------------------------------- 
Circle 1) ..........................  I This electoral document is I 
Country ..............................  I on the last page of I 
 I all members of the election-I 
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 Electoral Address 
 on the identification and determination of the outcome of the postal ballot 
 the election to the European Parliament 
 Date 
 on .................................. 
  
1. Electoral Council 
 In the election to the European Parliament, 
 Determination of the result of the postal ballot from the postal ballot box 
 published: 
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 I Family name I First name I Function I 
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 I I I Deputy/r I 
 I I I electoral head/in I 
 I 3.  .................  I ..................  I as a writer/in 
 I 4.  .................  I ..................  I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 5.  .................  I ..................  I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 6.  .................  I ..................  I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 7.  .................  I ..................  I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 8.  .................  I ..................  I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 9.  .................  I ..................  I as a co-sitter/in I 
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 In place of the non-published or failed 
 Member of the electoral board appointed the head of the electoral board/in 
 The following persons present or persons present or obtained 
 /m member of the electoral board and pointed it to her/his/her 
 Commitment to impartiality of the Office and to the 
 Secrecy about your/her/his/her official (s) 
 Activities announced in the course of: 
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 The following auxiliary staff were involved: 
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2. Admission of the Electoral Letters 
2.1 The Electoral Council (s) opened the electoral process with the result that he/she 
 the members of the electoral board present for their obligation to: 
 non-partisan perception of their office and to secrecy 
 on which they became aware of their official activities 
 matters; he/she makes the issue of this   
 Proof to all co-sitters before commence their work safely.   
 He/she taught her about her duties. 
 Imprints of the European Elections Act, the Federal Elections Act and the 
 European elections were held in the electoral area. 
2.2 The electoral council noted that the ballot box in 
 was in proper condition and was empty.  Then the 
 Ballot box 
 ()  2). 
 ()  2) closed; the electoral head (s) took the key 
 in custody. 
 Competent authority 
2.3 The Electoral Council further stated that he/she of the ............... 
 Number 
 -...............  Election letters have been handed over 
 and a notice that no voyage is declared invalid 
 has been submitted, 3) 
 Number 
 -and .............  Directory/Directories-invalid 
 Number 
 declared voting certificates-as well as ............  Night rag/Supplements 
 -to this directory/directories-submitted 
 The postal ballot letters listed in them have been 
 , and subsequently to the electoral management body for decision-making 
 (see section 2.6 of the electoral document) 3). 
2.4 In this case, a member of the electoral board appointed by the head of the electoral board opened the 
 Election letters one after the other, took the polling card and the 
 Ballot paper envelope and handed over both to the electoral head/in.  After neither 
 the polling card was still subject to the ballot paper envelope 
 the ballot paper envelope unopened into the ballot box.  The Voting Certificates 
 have been collected. 
2.5 A representative of the ......................................................... 
 killed at ..........  Watch more ..........  Postal ballot letters, which 
 on election day at the position indicated at the ballot letter envelope 
 had been received before the end of the election period 4). 
2.6 There were-no 3)-total ............... 3)-Electoral Letters 
 objecting. 
 Of these were rejected by decision 
 ..........  Postal ballot letters, because the ballot letter envelope is not or not 
 valid polling card, 
 ..........  Postal ballot letters, because the ballot letter envelope is not 
 the ballot paper envelope was attached; 
 ..........  Postal ballot letters, because neither the ballot letter envelope nor the 
 the ballot paper envelope was closed, 
 ..........  Postal ballot letters, because the ballot letter envelope has several 
 Ballot paper envelopes, but not the same number of valid 
 and with the mandatory insurance of Eides 
 instead of provided voyage certificates, 
 ..........  Ballot letters, because the voter or the help person the 
 Required insurance on oath instead of 
 the postal ballot is not signed on the ballot box, 
 ..........  Postal ballot letters, because no official ballot paper is used 
 has been, 
 ..........  Ballot letters, because a ballot paper was used, 
 who, obviously, is in a secret ballot 
 Dangerous way from the rest of the deviant or a 
 contained clearly palpable object. 
 Together: ..........  Ballot letters. 
 They were singled out, together with their content, 
 provided with a note on the grounds for refusal, 
 closed again, 
 are numbered consecutively and 
 of the electoral document. 
 After specific decision-making, ..........  Ballot letters 
 and treated in accordance with section 2.4.  Was the occasion of the 
 decision-making of the polling card, it was 
 Random copy attached. 
3. Determination and determination of the postal ballot box 
3.1 After all election letters received by 18.00, the 
 the ballot papers had been taken and placed in the ballot box, 
 the ballot box became .........  Clock open. 
 The ballot paper envelopes have been taken.  The Electoral Committee/ 
 convinced itself that the ballot was lee. 
3.2 a) The ballot paper envelopes were then counted unopened. 
 The census yielded ..........  Ballot paper envelopes. 
 (= voters (B); at the same time (B 1)). 
 (b) After that, the voting certificates 
 counted. 
 The census yielded ..........  Election tickets. 
 ()  2) The number of ballot paper envelopes 
 and voting vouchers 
 . 
 ()  2) The number of ballot paper envelopes 
 and voting vouchers 
 does not match. 
 The difference, which is also the case with repeated counting 
 , the following reasons are explained: 
 ............................................................... 
 ............................................................... 
 ............................................................... 
 ............................................................... 
3.3 The author (s) transferred the number of voters in Section 4 
 Code letter (B)  the electoral document. 
3.4 Now, several co-sitters have been opened under the supervision of the 
 the ballot papers, the ballot papers, took out the ballot papers, 
 they formed the following stacks, and kept them under 
 Supervision: 
3.4.1 a) Several stacks of ballot papers with dubile-free valid 
 vote separately for votes in favour of the individual nominations, 
 (b) a stack containing the empty ballot paper envelopes and the 
 unmarked ballot papers 3), 
 (c) a batch of ballot paper envelopes containing several ballots; 
 and 3) 
 (d) a stack of ballot paper envelopes and ballot papers giving rise to the occasion 
 Concerns were given and about the later decision by the electoral council 
 It was.  3) 
 The stack to c) and d) has been added by one of the electoral presiers 
 of certain consitters.  3) 
3.4.2 The co-sitters, the stacks arranged according to a) under their 
 supervision, handed over the individual stacks in the 
 Order of nominations on the ballot paper one after the other 
 to a part of the electoral head/in, to the other part of his/her/ 
 their deputy/in.  They examined whether the labelling of the 
 The ballot paper of each batch was the same and said to 
 each batch according to the nomination for which the votes cast 
 have been delivered.  Gave a ballot to the head of the election, or 
 his/her/her/her deputy/in the event of concern, 
 they add the ballot to the stack to d).  3) 
 Now the electoral head/in the stack to b) with the 
 unmarked ballot papers and empty ballot paper envelopes, 
 that he/she had from the co-sitter who had it in custody, 
 have been passed.  The head of the election, in each case, stated that the 
 The voice is invalid 3). 
 After that, two members of the electoral board were appointed by the electoral board. 
 (a)-and (b) 3)-stack under 
 reciprocal control by and determined the number of 
 , the number of votes cast and the number of 
 invalid votes.  The vote numbers thus determined were 
 Subtotals I (ZS I) are entered by the writer in Section 4. 
3.4.3 The counts according to 3.4.2 were as follows: 
 ()  1) Inconsistencies in the count did not arise. 
 ()  1) Since the number of deviations resulted, the following were: 
 both side-sizers will be re-attached to the stack. 
 According to this, there was a correspondence between the counts. 
3.4.4 At the end, the electoral presume decided on the validity of the 
 Votes cast on the separate ballot papers 
 had been given.  The Electoral Council/in gave the decision orally 
 known and said in each case with valid votes, for which 
 The vote had been cast. 
 He/she noted on the back of each ballot paper, 
 whether, and for which nomination, the vote for 
 valid or whether it has been declared invalid 
 was, and saw the ballot papers with serial numbers.  The 
 Valid and invalid votes were identified as 
 Subtotals II (ZS II) by the writer in Section 4 
 3). 
3.4.5 The author counted the subtotals of the invalid 
 Votes as well as valid votes for each individual 
 Nominations together.  Two of the electoral presitiators 
 Beisitzer checked the concensus. 
3.5 The vom/collected by the electoral board/in certain co-sitters 
 (a) the ballot papers are separated in accordance with the election proposals to which the 
 Votes had been received, 
 (b) the empty ballot paper envelopes and the unmarked 
 Ballot paper 3), 
 (c) the ballot papers which had given rise to concerns, with: 
 the corresponding ballot papers, 
 the ballot papers that had given rise to concerns and 
 the ballot paper envelopes with several ballot papers 3), 
 per each other, and they kept under their supervision. 
 The ballot papers and ballot papers referred to in (c) shall be deemed to be 
 Installations under the serial number No  ...... to Nr.  ...... 
 attached.  3) 
3.6 The following section 4 of the electoral document 
 Result was the result of the election as the letter election result 
 and announced orally by the electoral head. 
4. Wahler Result 
 (identification letters for the figures)  5) 
 (B)  = Total voters (at the same time (B 1)) 
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 I Outcome of postal ballot 6) I 
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 I ZS I I ZS II I Total 
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 (C)  Invalid votes I I I 
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 Of the valid I I I 
 Votes I I I I 
 to the I I I 
 Nomination I I I 
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 (D 1)  1.  ...............  I I 
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 (D 2)  2.  ...............  I I 
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 (D 3)  3.  ...............  I I 
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 Nominations 
 in which the 
 Ballot paper 
 Etc.  listed 
 Order with 
 Abbreviation 
 and password. 
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 (D)  Valid votes I I I 
 Total I I I 
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5. Completion of the election results 
5.1 In the determination and determination of the postal ballot result, 
 as special events to be noted: 3) 
 .................................................................. 
 .................................................................. 
 In this context, the Election Council 
 Decisions: 3) 
 .................................................................. 
 .................................................................. 
5.2 The member/member of the electoral board 
 Before and surname 
 .......................... 
 requested prior to the signature of the electoral document, 
 Recount 7) of the votes, because 
 Indication of the reasons 
 .................................................................. 
 The counting process was then carried out (cf.  Section 3.4). 
 The result of the election contained in section 4 of the voter's address 
 for the postal ballot 
 ()  2) with the same result again. 
 ()  2) corrected 8) 
 and announced orally by the electoral head. 
5.3 The election result from Section 4 has been applied to the form for the 
 Quick message 9) transmitted and by phone in the fastest way 
 Indication of transmission 
 -by 3) ....................................... to the competent 
 Municipality/the county/city dialing ladder 3). 
5.4 During the admission of the postal ballot letters, at least three, 
 During the determination and determination of the result of the postal ballot 
 at least five members of the electoral board, including 
 the head of the election and/or the author (s) 
 Deputy, present. 
5.5 The admission of the postal ballot letters as well as the investigation and the 
 The determination of the election result was public. 
5.6 Protruding writing has been received by the members of the 
 Election board approved and signed by them. 
  
 Place Date 
 ......................... 
  
 The Vice-President Of The Deputy 
 ......................... ...................................... 
 The Secretary 
 ......................... 
 The other co-sitters 
 1. .................... 2.  ................................... 
 3. .................... 4.  ................................... 
 5. .................... 6.  ................................... 
5.7 The member/member of the electoral board 
 Before and surname 
 ......................... 
 refused/n the signature under the heading of the electoral office, because 3) 
 Indication of the reasons 
 ................................................................... 
5.8 After the end of the election business, all ballot papers and 
 Voting certificates that do not include this voting document as annexes 
 , attached, bundled and in paper, 
 packed: 
 (a) a package containing the valid nominations according to nominations 
 Ballot papers, 
 (b) a package containing the unmarked ballot papers 3); 
 (c) a package containing the empty ballot paper envelopes and 3); 
 (d) a package containing the election certificates taken in. 
 The packages were sealed and with the number of the 
 The postal ballot board and the content indication shall be provided. 
5.9 The representative of the ........................................................, 
 were on ............., ..............  Clock, submitted 
 -this voting document with annexes, 
 -the packages as described in Section 5.8, 
 -the list (s) of the voyage declared invalid 
 including night councils/notice that voyage certificates are not available for 
 have been declared invalid 3), 
 -the ballot box-if necessary  with lock and key-as well as 
 -all other members of the Postal Ballot of the ............... 
 Items and documents made available. 
  
 The electoral head 
 ................................. 
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 From the representative of the ............................... 
 Random copy with all of the installations recorded therein 
 on .........................., ..............  Clock, on 
 Completeness checked and taken over. 
  
 Signature of the Officer 
 .................................................................. 
 Attention: It is necessary to ensure that the voting document 
 with the plants as well as the packages with the other 
 Documents are not accessible to unauthorized persons. 
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1) To enter, whether the postal ballot head at the level of the municipality 
 or a number of municipalities or a circle. 
2) Cross the appropriate box. 
3) Do not delete as appropriate. 
4) Section 2.5 should be deleted if no further ballot letters have been delivered. 
5) Election and Meldevordrucke are coordinated with each other. 
 The individual numbers of the postal ballot result are included in the quick message 
 in the case of the same letter with which it is used in the 
 Random copy is designated. 
6) Total (C)  + (D)  must include (B)  agree. 
7) If no recount has taken place, the entire 
 Section 5.2 to be deleted. 
8) The corrected figures are in Section 4 of other colour or 
 in a different way.  Old numbers do not 
 deleting or erasing. 
9) According to the model of Annex 24 to the European Electoral Regulations.   

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Annex 28 (to section 69 (4))

Source of the original text: BGBl. I 2003, 2629-2631

Circle 1) .............................. 
District-Free City 1) ................... 
  
 Niederschrift 
 on the meeting of the constituency committee/city-election committee 1) 
 for the determination and determination of the results of the election 
 the election to the European Parliament 
 Date 
 on .................................. 
  
1. To identify and determine the results of the election 
 Date 
 European Parliament on .......................................................... 
 in a circle/in a circle-free city 1) ............................... 
 Date 
 joined today, on ........................... after proper 
 Cargo of the constituency committee/cityelection committee 1) together. 
 The following were published: 
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 I I Family Name, First Name I Home I Function I 
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 I 1.  I ....................... I............ I as Chairman/r/as I 
 I I I I Deputy/r I 
 I I I I Chairperson/r I 
 I 2.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 3.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 4.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 5.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 6.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 7.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
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 In addition, there were: 
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 I I ....................... I............ I as a writer/in I 
 I I I and I 
 I I ....................... I............ I and I 
 I I ....................... I............ I as auxiliary staff.  I 
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 The chairman opened at ............  session by the fact that 
 he/she shall be responsible for the responsibility of the authors and the authors of their obligation 
 on the impartiality of their duties and their secrecy 
 on the information they have made known to them in their official activities 
 Affairs pointed.  He/she found that place, time and 
 Agenda of the meeting pursuant to § 5 (3) in conjunction with § 79 
 Article 2 of the European Electoral Regulations has been made public. 
2. The Committee on Councity/Stadtwahlausschuss was in total 
 ..........  Electoral rules of the electoral offices 
 Number 
 for a total of ..........  Constituency 
 Number 
 (of which .........  Electoral heads for ......... general electoral districts, 
 Number 
 .........  Electoral heads for .........  Special electoral districts, 
 Number 
 .........  Electoral rules for the purpose of determining the postal ballot- 
 Number of results in the circle/in the district-free city) 1) 
 and the compilation of the results, attached as an annex 
 by electoral districts-and municipalities for inspection before 1). 
2.1 The Committee of the Councity/Stadtwahlcommittee noted that the decisions of the 
 Election members to the following-no 1) objections or concerns 
 The occasion was: 
 .................................................................... 
 .................................................................... 
 The county/city election committee made the following decisions 2): 
 .................................................................... 
 .................................................................... 
2.2 The Committee on Councity/Stadtwahlausschuss adopted computational corrections in 
 the electoral document 
 -the electoral board ............................................... 
 more than 
 -the postal ballot board .......................................... 
 more than 
 , and noted this on the relevant 
 Electoral document (s) 2). 
2.3 The county/city election committee decided by way of derogation from the 
 Decisions 
 -the electoral board on the validity of votes in the constituency 
 .................................................................. 
 more than 
 -of the postal ballot board on the validity of votes 
 .................................................................. 
 more than 
 and noted this on the electoral document (s) in question/s 
 as well as on the back of the relevant ballot papers 2). 
 The following concerns could not be solved: 
 .................................................................... 
 .................................................................... 
3. The calculation of the results of all constituencies, including 
 the result of the postal ballot resulted in the following overall result for 
 the circle/circle-free city 1): 
 (identification letter)  3) 
 (A)  Persons entitled to vote ...................... 
 (B)  Voters ...................... 
 (C)  Invalid votes ...................... 
 (D)  Valid votes ...................... 
 Of the valid votes, the 
 Nominations of the 
 (name of the party and its 
 Nickname/Name and 
 Password of other 
 Political Association) 
 (D 1)  1.  .................................................. 
 (D 2)  2.  .................................................. 
 (D 3)  3.  .................................................. 
 (D 4)  4.  .................................................. 
 Etc.  (according to ballot) 
4. After the determination of the overall result, the as a plant 
 compiled in accordance with the model accompanying this document 
 Annex 26 to constituencies, municipalities and postal ballot 
 by the district/town returning officer, by the co-chairs and by the 
 Written guides are signed. 
5. The district/town returning officer gave the election result in the circle/in the 
 circular city 1). 
 The meeting was public. 
 The above minutes have been written by the county/town returning officer, 
 approved by the co-sitter and the secretary and as follows: 
 signed: 
  
 Place Date 
 ........................... 
  
 The Constituency Returning Officer 
 .............................. .............................................................. 
 The co-sitters 
 1. 2. 
 .............................. .............................................................. 
 3. 4. 
 .............................. .............................................................. 
 5. 6. 
 .............................. .............................................................. 
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1) Do not delete as appropriate. 
2) Strange if this was not required. 
3) The identification letter after the compilation in Annex 26.   

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Annex 29 (to section 70 (4))

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2632-2633;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

Country .................................. 
  
 Niederschrift 
 on the meeting of the State Electoral Committee 
 for the determination and determination of the results of the election 
 the election to the European Parliament 
 Date 
 on .................................. 
  
1. To determine and determine the outcome of the election to 
 Date 
 European Parliament on .......................................................... 
 in the country ............................................................ 
 Date 
 Today, on ..............................., after proper 
 Charge of the Land Electoral Committee together. 
 The following were published: 
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 I I Family Name, First Name I Home I Function I 
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 I 1.  I ....................... I............ I as Chairman/r/as I 
 I I I I Deputy/r I 
 I I I I Chairperson/r I 
 I 2.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 3.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 4.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 5.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 6.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 7.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 8.  I ....................... I............ I than in Committee I 
 I I I I appointed Judge of the I 
 I I I .......... 1 )  I 
 I 9.  I ....................... I............ I than in Committee I 
 I I I I appointed Judge of the I 
 I I I .......... 1 )  I 
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 In addition, there were: 
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 I I ....................... I............ I as a writer/in I 
 I I I and I 
 I I ....................... I............ I and I 
 I I ....................... I............ I as auxiliary staff.  I 
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 The place and time of the meeting and the agenda were according to § 5 
 Section 3 in conjunction with Section 79 (2) of the European Electoral Regulations 
 have been made public. 
2. The Land Electoral Committee was in total .............. 
 Number 
 Postal ballot papers of the district and city election committees and the 
 Compilation of results by county attached as an annex 
 and county-free cities for inspection. 
2.1 The Land Electoral Committee noted that the minutes of the 
 District and city councils for the following-no 2) 
 Objection or concern gave rise to: 
 .................................................................... 
 .................................................................... 
 The Land Electoral Committee made the following decisions 3): 
 .................................................................... 
 .................................................................... 
2.2 The Land Electoral Committee adopted computational corrections 3) in the 
 Electoral Address 
 -the electoral board ............................................... 
 more than 
 -the postal ballot board .......................................... 
 more than 
 -the Committee on Councity/Stadtwahl.......................................................... 
 more than 
 , and noted this on the relevant 
 Random copy/s. 
3. The calculation of the results of all circles and circularly 
 Cities yielded the following overall result for the country: 
 (identification letter)  4) 
 (A)  Persons entitled to vote ...................... 
 (B)  Voters ...................... 
 (C)  Invalid votes ...................... 
 (D)  Valid votes ...................... 
 Of the valid votes, the 
 Nominations of the 
 (name of the party and its 
 Nickname/Name and 
 Password of other 
 Political Association) 
 (D 1)  1.  .................................................. 
 (D 2)  2.  .................................................. 
 (D 3)  3.  .................................................. 
 (D 4)  4.  .................................................. 
 Etc.  (according to ballot) 
4. After the determination of the overall result, the as a plant 
 compiled in accordance with the model accompanying this document 
 of Appendix 26 by counties and circular cities of 
 Federal Returning Officer, by the co-chairs and by the Secretary 
 sign. 
5. The Land returning officer announced the election result in the country. 
 The meeting was public. 
 The above minutes have been submitted by the Land returning officer, the 
 Seats, the judges appointed to the Committee of the ......... 1 ) 
 and the Secretary of the Secretary of State and the following 
 signed: 
  
 Place Date 
 ........................... 
  
 The Land returning officer The Secretary 
 .............................. .............................................................. 
 The co-sitters 
 1. 2. 
 .............................. .............................................................. 
 3. 4. 
 .............................. .............................................................. 
 5. 6. 
 .............................. .............................................................. 
  
 The judges appointed to the committee of ............ 1 ) 
  
 1. 2. 
 .............................. ..............................................................   
  
1) refer to the name of the Upper Administrative Court of the country. 
2) Do not delete as appropriate. 
3) Strange if this was not required. 
4) Identification letter after the compilation in Annex 26.   

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Annex 30 (to § 71 (4))

(Fundstelle des Originaltextes: BGBl. I 2003, 2634-2636;
with regard to of the individual amendments. Footnote)

 Niederschrift 
 on the meeting of the Federal Electoral Committee 
 on the identification and determination of the election result in the electoral area 
 the election to the European Parliament 
 Date 
 on .................................. 
  
1. To determine and determine the outcome of the election to 
 Date 
 European Parliament on .......................................................... 
 in the electoral area .............................................................. 
 Date 
 Today, on ..............................., after proper 
 Charge of the Federal Electoral Committee together. 
 The following were published: 
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 I I Family Name, First Name I Home I Function I 
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 I 1.  I ....................... I............ I as Chairman/r/as I 
 I I I I Deputy/r I 
 I I I I Chairperson/r I 
 I 2.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 3.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 4.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 5.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 6.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 7.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 8.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 9.  I ....................... I............ I as a co-sitter/in I 
 I 10.  I ....................... I............ I than in Committee I 
 I I I I appointed Judge of the I 
 I I I I Federal Administration-I 
 I I I Court I 
 I 11.  I ....................... I............ I than in Committee I 
 I I I I appointed Judge of the I 
 I I I I Federal Administration-I 
 I I I Court I 
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 In addition, there were: 
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 I I ....................... I............ I as a writer/in I 
 I I I and I 
 I I ....................... I............ I and I 
 I I ....................... I............ I as auxiliary staff.  I 
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 The place and time of the meeting and the agenda were according to § 5 
 Section 3 in conjunction with Section 79 (2) of the European Electoral Regulations 
 have been made public. 
2. The Federal Electoral Committee was in total .............. 
 Number 
 Postal ballot papers of the Land electoral committees and of the 
 District and city electoral committees and in the as annexes  No.  ........ 
 to  ........ annexed summary of the results 
 Circling, circular cities and countries for inspection. 
2.1 The Federal Electoral Committee noted that the minutes of the 
 National election committees: no 1) 
 Concerns gave rise to: 
 .................................................................... 
 .................................................................... 
 The Federal Electoral Committee made the following decisions: 2): 
 .................................................................... 
 .................................................................... 
2.2 The Federal Electoral Committee took computational corrections 2) in the 
 Electoral Address 
 -of the Land Electoral Committee ........................................................ 
 more than 
 , and noted this on the relevant 
 Random copy/s. 
(3) The calculation of the results of each country resulted in the following: 
 Total results for the electoral area: 
 (identification letter)  3) 
 (A)  Persons entitled to vote ...................... 
 (B)  Voters ...................... 
 (C)  Invalid votes ...................... 
 (D)  Valid votes ...................... 
 Of the valid votes, the 
 Nominations of the 
 (name of the party and its 
 Nickname/Name and 
 Password of other 
 political group) Votes share of   
 valid votes 
 in percent 
 (D 1)  1.  ............................ ............ ............ 
 (D 2)  2.  ............................ ............ ............ 
 (D 3)  3.  ............................ ............ ............ 
 (D 4)  4.  ............................ ............ ............ 
 Etc. 
3.2 After that, the Federal Electoral Committee noted that according to Article 2 (7) of the 
 European Elections Act the following nominations (lists for individual 
 Countries as well as their links, common lists for all countries) 
 to participate in the distribution of seats 
 .................................................................... 
 .................................................................... 
 .................................................................... 
 .................................................................... 
 Name of the party and its short name/name and password 
 of the other political association 
 and the following nominations in the distribution of seats 
 unaccounted for 
 .................................................................... 
 .................................................................... 
 .................................................................... 
 .................................................................... 
 Name of the party and its short name/name and password 
 of the other political association 
3.3 Then the Federal Electoral Committee determined in accordance with section 2 (2) 
 up to 6 of the European Elections Act 
 -the number of individuals to be taken into account 
 Nominations for nominations 
 and 
 -the number of nominations for each election 
 List connection seats. 
4. The Federal Electoral Committee concluded that those in the 
 Annexes No  No.  .......... to No  .......... to this transcript 
 shall be selected. 
5. After the overall result has been established, these have been identified as annexes. 
 No.  .............. to Nr.  .......... to this transcript 
 Constellations of the results of the election (according to the model of Appendix 26) 
 by county, county-free cities and countries of the Federal Returning Officer, of 
 signed by the co-sitter and the secretary. 
6. The Federal Returning Officer gave the election result orally in the electoral area 
 known. 
 The meeting was public. 
 The Federal Returning Officer, the Federal Returning Officer, 
 Seats, the judges of the Federal Administrative Court appointed to the committee 
 and approved by the Secretary of the Secretary, and signed as follows: 
  
 Place Date 
 ........................... 
  
 The Federal Returning Officer Of The Secretary 
 .............................. .............................................................. 
 The co-sitters 
 1. 2. 
 .............................. .............................................................. 
 3. 4. 
 .............................. .............................................................. 
 5. 6. 
 .............................. .............................................................. 
  
 The judges of the Federal Administrative Court appointed to the committee   
 1. 2. 
 .............................. .............................................................. 
  
1) Do not delete as appropriate. 
2) Strange if this was not required. 
3) Identification letters after the compilation in Annex 26.   

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