Election Costs
(1) The Federal Government reimburses the Länder, along with the Länder municipalities (associations of municipalities), for the necessary expenditure arising in connection with the election.
(2) The costs incurred for posting the voter’s notifications and postal ballot documents as well as the refreshment allowances for the members of the Electoral Boards are reimbursed to the Länder on a separate statement basis. Each Land is reimbursed for an appropriate share of these costs if Land, local and Bundestag elections are held at the same time.
(3) The remaining costs are reimbursed by the payment of a fixed sum per person eligible to vote. It is 0.56 euros for municipalities with up to 100,000 eligible voters and 0.87 euros for municipalities with more than 100,000 eligible voters. By 30 April of each year, the President of the Federal Statistical Office must submit a report to the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community on the development of the election cost index together with a projection in accordance with Annex 1 of this Act. The resulting increases of the fixed amounts apply from the start of the year of the report and are published in the Federal Gazette by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community; fractions of 0.5 cent and above are rounded up, smaller fractions are rounded down.
(4) The Federal Government reimburses the Associations of the Blind that have expressed their willingness to produce ballot paper templates for the necessary expenditure arising from the production and distribution of the ballot paper templates.