Notice of the Right to Inspect the Voters’ Register and of the Issue of Polling Cards

(1) The local authority of the municipality shall publicize, not later than twentyfour days before the election and in accordance with the specimen at Annex 5,
1. by whom, for what purposes and under what conditions, where, for how long and at what times of day the voters’ register may be inspected and whether the place for inspection is barrierfree,

2. that within the inspection period an objection to the voters’ register may be lodged to the local authority of the municipality in writing or by means of a minuted statement (Section 22),

3. that persons eligible to vote registered in the voters’ register will receive a voter's notice not later than the twentyfirst day before the election and that persons eligible to vote registered in the voters’ register by sole reason of an application who have already applied for a polling card with postal ballot documents will not receive a voter's notice,

4. where, during what period and under what conditions applications may be submitted for polling cards (Section 25 et seq.),

5. how votes are cast by postal ballot (Section 66).

(2) The diplomatic consular missions of the Federal Republic of Germany abroad shall make public immediately after the designation of election day:
1. the conditions under which Germans living abroad may participate in the German Bundestag election,
2. where, in what form and within what period such persons must apply for registration in a voters’ register in the Federal Republic of Germany in order to participate in the election.
Such public notice is to be given by the embassies as per Annex 6 by at least one advertisement in German in a daily or weekly national newspaper; in addition, fulltime consu-lates may disseminate the content of the notice by advertisement in German in regional daily newspapers, and embassies and full-time consulates may publish such information on the internet if this seems advisable on account of the local circumstances.