Elections, application as an election worker and poll worker
As an election worker, you take on a voluntary role to ensure that elections are carried out properly. On election day, you will hand out ballots at polling stations, monitor compliance with election guidelines, and then count the votes to determine the...
As an election worker, you take on a voluntary role to ensure that elections are carried out properly. On election day, you will hand out ballots at polling stations, monitor compliance with election guidelines, and then count the votes to determine the results. Or you are part of a postal voting board and count the postal votes with them. In federal elections, use is limited to election day. In the case of general elections and the European and district assembly elections that take place together, the deployment also extends to the following Monday.
Next current election or voting date:
European and district assembly elections on June 9, 2024.
Important notes
Prerequisites
No previous knowledge is required.
Anyone who is eligible to vote in the respective election can become a poll worker:
- In federal elections: Germans aged 18 and over.
- For civil elections: Germans aged 16 and over who are registered in Hamburg.
- For elections to the European Parliament: German and EU citizens aged 16 and over.
- For elections to the district assemblies: German and EU citizens aged 16 and over who are registered in Hamburg.
- For referendums and citizenship referendums (as voting helpers): Germans aged 16 and over who are registered in Hamburg
Documents required
no
Please note
There are the following notes:
Appropriate compensation is paid for working as a poll worker in Hamburg.
Deadlines
no
Procedure & Fees
Procedure
You can apply to be a poll worker via the online service. The electoral office of the respective district office will then contact you and coordinate your assignment with you.
Processing time
Processing usually takes about a week.
Fees
no
Legal notes
Legal remedies
no
Legal basis
Designation: § 11 Federal Election Act (BWahlG) URL: http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bwahlg/__11.html
Name: § 5 European Elections Act (EuWG) URL: § 5 EuWG - individual standard (gesetze-im-internet.de)
Name: Section 42 Law on Elections to Hamburg Citizenship (BüWG) URL: Hamburg - BüWG | State standard Hamburg | Complete edition | Law on elections for Hamburg citizenship (BüWG) in the version of July 22, 1986 | valid from: 01.01.2004 (landesrecht-hamburg.de)
Name: Section 38 Law on Elections to District Assemblies (BezVWG) URL: Hamburg - BezVWG | State standard Hamburg | Complete edition | Law on elections to the district assemblies (Be-zVWG) in the version of July 5, 2004 | valid from: 01.01.2004 (landesrecht-hamburg.de)
Downloads & Links
Forms and downloads
Links on hamburg.de
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Last updated: 28.03.2024