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The Election
About This Page
Here we provide information about the election and offer contact options for inquiries or registration for candidacy. Once the registration window for candidacy closes on September 23, 2024, we will present the candidates on this page.
Important:
While foreign residents automatically receive a notification of election, naturalized and other eligible voters must apply to be included in the electoral register at the town hall by November 8 at 12:00 noon at the latest. Only those who have been registered in the electoral register in time are allowed to vote! Please use the service of the Election Office and inform yourself.
Election Office:
Phone: 365-1125
E-Mail: wahlen@kaiserslautern.de
In Kaiserslautern, many people from various nations and cultures live together. It is beneficial to learn more about each other and understand different ways of life.
Living together works particularly well when we can discuss problems openly. It is essential to pursue and achieve common goals.
A city must be well-organized by its city administration. For this, it needs dedicated individuals who are interested in their environment and fellow citizens and are willing to advocate for them. In Kaiserslautern, there is the city council and its advisory boards for this purpose. The Advisory Board for Migration and Integration is a crucial support in city politics. It advises the city council and administrations with its own topics and ideas. Thus, it influences municipal political decisions regarding migration and integration.
The advisory board advocates for the equal coexistence of people of different nationalities, cultures, and religions and contributes to the integration of newcomers.
The Advisory Board for Migration and Integration is a democratically elected body. It is elected for a term of five years.
Anyone who wants to participate in the election must be registered with their primary residence in Kaiserslautern as of August 10, 2024.
Eligible to vote are:
- Foreign residents, including dual nationals and stateless persons,
- Ethnic German resettlers,
- Naturalized citizens,
- And the children of the above-mentioned eligible voters,
provided they are at least 16 years old on the day of the election.
Yes! Do you want to make a difference in Kaiserslautern? Get involved as a member of the Advisory Board for Migration and Integration! All residents of Kaiserslautern, with or without a migration background and regardless of nationality, are eligible to run for candidacy starting at the age of 16.
Interested candidates must register with their municipality's election office by September 23, 2024.
The advisory board consists of a maximum of 15 members, all of whom must be residents of the city of Kaiserslautern. It is elected for a term of 5 years.
Once the members are elected on November 10, 2024, they will choose their chairperson in their first meeting.
The state-wide election day in Rhineland-Palatinate is 10 November 2024, and Kaiserslautern will also take part on this day. As the election is expected to be conducted exclusively by postal vote, no polling stations will be open on this day.
Voting is done by returning the postal voting documents. These can also be submitted in person at the Kaiserslautern City Hall or dropped in the mailbox until November 8, 2024, by 6 PM.
On election day, November 10, 2024, it is still possible to personally submit the completed postal voting documents at Kaiserslautern City Hall, Willy-Brandt-Platz 1, 67655 Kaiserslautern, until 6 PM. Please note that there will be no on-site ballot voting.
The election is expected to be conducted exclusively by postal vote.
A voter register is created, listing all eligible candidates. Starting October 7, 2024, the city administration will notify all persons included in the voter register by mail and send them their postal voting documents (including a voting certificate, ballot paper, envelopes, and a sample ballot).
The postal voting documents must be completed and placed in the designated envelopes. These can be returned by mail or handed in at the city administration (address) during regular office hours.
Submission is also possible on Sunday, November 10, 2024, from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM; no documents will be accepted after this time.
Persons who apply to be included in the voter register will automatically receive their postal voting documents by mail. Therefore, there is no need to apply separately for postal voting documents.
Personalized Proportional Representation Voting
Eligible voters may cast as many votes as there are members to be elected to the advisory board, which is 15.
The voter, who can only give his vote to candidates whose names are listed on the ballot paper, has the following options for voting:
- They can distribute their available votes among candidates from one or more lists (panaschieren); they can give up to three votes to a single candidate, including candidates listed multiple times (kumulieren).
- If they do not wish to allocate all their votes individually, they can mark a list in the header of the ballot paper, resulting in the remaining votes being allocated to the candidates of the marked list from top to bottom.
- Alternatively, they can mark only the list they wish to vote for in the header, with each candidate listed receiving one vote.
A brochure detailing the voting process and the lists available for election will be created, including a sample ballot paper.
However, this brochure can only be produced after the lists are approved. Therefore, you can expect to find this brochure here around mid-October.
Contact persons for the administration of the election:
Constanze Augustin, Head of the Election Office,
Email: constanze.augustin@kaiserslautern.de, Phone: 365-1122, Fax: 365 -1104
Additional contact:
Alexander Pongrácz, Integration Officer of the city, Email: integration@kaiserslautern.de, Phone: 365-2381