Federal Electoral Regulations
(1) The Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community adopts the Federal Electoral Regulations required for the implementation of this Act. It must include therein statutory provisions regarding, in particular,
1. the appointment of Returning Officers and Electoral Officers, the establishment of Electoral Committees and Electoral Boards and the activities, the quorate status and proceedings of the electoral bodies,
2. appointments to honorary electoral posts, the reimbursement of expenses to persons holding honorary electoral posts, and the fining procedure,
3. the polling hours,
4. the formation of polling districts and their notification to the public,
5. the individual preconditions concerning entry in the electoral registers, the keeping of such registers, their correction and closure, consultation of the electoral registers, objections to and complaints against the electoral register and the notification of eligible voters,
6. the individual preconditions concerning the granting of polling cards and their issuance as well as objections to and complaints against the refusal of polling cards,
7. proof of compliance with the preconditions concerning eligibility to vote and to stand for election,
8. the procedure to be followed by the electoral bodies in accordance with section 18 subsections (2) to (4a),
9. the submission, content and form of nominations and relevant documents, their examination, the correction of deficiencies, their admission; complaints against decisions made by the Constituency Electoral Committee and the Land Electoral Committee as well as the announcement of nominations,
10. the form and content of the ballot paper and the ballot paper envelope,
11. the provision, furnishing and notification to the public of the polling stations as well as devices ensuring the secrecy of the ballot and polling booths,
12. voting, also any special arrangements required to meet special conditions,
13. the postal ballot,
14. making and accepting affirmations in lieu of an oath
15. voting in hospitals and long-term care facilities, monasteries and convents, residential premises with limited access as well as socio-therapeutic correctional facilities and prisons,
16. the establishment of the election results, their communication and announcement and the notification of the elected candidates,
17. the conduct of deferred elections and repeat elections as well as the appointment of successors.
(2) The statutory provisions do not require the endorsement of the Bundesrat.
(3) If the Bundestag is dissolved, the Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community is authorised to shorten the periods and deadlines prescribed in the Federal Elections Act and the Federal Electoral Regulations by statutory instrument and without the endorsement of the Bundesrat.
(4) (Repealed)