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Section 27
 

Applications for Polling Cards



(1) Applications for a polling card may be submitted to the local authority of the munic-ipality in writing or personally. Telegram, telex, fax and e-mail messages as well as any other electronic transmission that can be documented shall also be valid forms of written communication. Application by telephone shall not be permissible. A person with disabilities who is eligible to vote may avail himself or herself of another person's assistance to submit the application; Section 57 shall apply as appropriate.


(2) The applicant must state the surname, the forenames, the date of birth and his or her place of residence (street, house number, postal code, town).


(3) Anyone applying on behalf of another person must certify that he or she is authorized to do so by submitting a written authority.


(4) Polling cards may be applied for until 6 p.m. on the second day before the election. In the cases specified in Section 25 subsection (2), polling cards may be issued until 3 p.m. on election day. The same shall apply if the certified onset of sudden illness makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for someone to go to the polling station; in this case, before issuing the polling card, the local authority must inform the Electoral Officer responsible for the elector's polling district, who must proceed in accordance with Sec-tion 53 subsection (2).


(5) For persons eligible to vote who, pursuant to Section 16 subsection (2), are registered in the voters’ register by sole reason of an application, such an application shall also be considered an application for a polling card unless the elector wishes to vote be-fore the Electoral Board of his or her own polling district.


(6) Written applications which are received too late must be left unprocessed, packed with the accompanying envelopes and put into temporary storage.