Elections are organized by the appropriate authority and announced in accordance with applicable regulations. Using the voter notification card you receive, you can cast your ballot in person at the polling place assigned to you on Election Day.

If you wish to vote by mail, you must apply for a ballot. Another person may submit the application on your behalf or receive your documents if you authorize them in writing. You must submit the application to the office indicated on your voter notification card.

Elections give you a say in decision-making.

People say: “You cast your vote.”


Here’s how you can vote:
Anyone eligible to vote will receive a letter.
This letter has a specific name: it’s called the election notice.
If you don’t receive a letter, you can ask about it.
Go to city hall or the county office and ask.
Or you can ask your support staff.
The letter tells you where to go to vote.
Take the letter with you.
You can also bring your ID.
There are people there who will explain everything to you.

You’ll be given a slip of paper with a list:
The list contains people’s names.
These people are eligible for election.

Names of people who want to serve in the Bundestag.
That’s the ballot.
You mark an “X” next to the person you like.
Then you put the ballot in a box.

The state parliament in Lower Saxony has decided:
People who have a caregiver are also allowed to vote.
People in a special hospital are also allowed to vote.
The technical term for this is “psychiatric hospital.”