Anyone already in possession of postal voting documents should complete the ballot paper and ballot form as soon as possible and return them by post in the yellow ballot envelope or hand them in at the address given, Friedrichstraße 16.

Postal voting documents can normally be ordered up to 1 p.m. on the Friday before the election. However, anyone who has to or wants to use the post to apply for and submit postal votes should note the postal delivery times. For example, anyone who does not post their order until Wednesday, March 5, should bear in mind that the order will not reach the electoral office until Thursday at the earliest, and possibly not until Friday, March 7. If the order is processed there on Friday, the postal delivery of the postal voting documents will, in the best case, take place on the Saturday before the election.

In such cases, you should hand in your postal vote yourself or have it delivered by a messenger to the electoral office at Friedrichstraße 16. This option should also be used if someone suddenly falls so seriously ill that they cannot go to the polling station. In this case, postal voting documents can also be ordered and collected by 3 p.m. on election Sunday. The postal voting documents can also be handed over to a messenger. However, this person requires a corresponding power of attorney authorizing them to receive the postal voting documents.

Due to the short time remaining, the online service for postal voting documents will be taken offline from Wednesday, March 5, 12 noon.

If postal voting documents have already been issued and sent by the electoral office but have not reached the person entitled to vote, replacement documents can be issued at the electoral office. The ballot paper that has not arrived will then be declared invalid so that no third party can use it to vote. In such cases, only the electoral office can be contacted until 3 p.m. on election day.

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