Register as election worker

Procedure

Registration as an election worker can be made at the election office on a voluntary basis. You can also indicate your preferred electoral district, your preferred position on the electoral board or your wish to work with friends or family. The election office will then try to take this into account.

These options are available for registration:

• Online form at: www.wahlen.bremen.de
• e-mail to: wahlhelfer@statistik.bremen.de
• by telephone at: +49 421 361 88888

Please note that the registration is binding and the honorary office may only be refused for good cause.

A written appointment is generally only a few weeks before the election!

Legal bases

• Bundeswahlgesetz (BWahlG), s. §§ 8 bis 11
• Bundeswahlordnung (BWO), s. §§ 6 bis 11 
• Europawahlgesetz (EuWG), s. § 5 
• Europawahlordnung (EuWO), s. §§ 6 bis 11 
• Bremisches Wahlgesetz (BremWahlG)
• Bremische Landeswahlordnung (BremLWO), s. §§ 6 bis 10 
• Bremische Verfassung 
• Ortsgesetz über Beiräte und Ortsämter-[Ortsbeirätegesetz]

More information

The Election Office may collect and process personal data (surname, first names, date of birth, address, telephone numbers, number of appointments) of eligible voters for the purpose of their appointment as election workers. The data may also be processed for future elections, unless the data subjects have objected to the processing of their data. The data subjects must be informed about the right to object.

Election of the German Bundestag and the European Parliament:

In the election of the German Bundestag and the European Parliament, there is an election committee for each electoral district, which carries out its activities on site at the polling station. It is responsible both for the election process (voting from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) and for determining the election results.

As a rule, election workers must be present in the respective polling station on election day before the polling stations open in order to make preparations. During the election day, the presence usually takes place in shifts. After the polling stations have closed, the election workers must be present until all votes have been counted.

In addition, there are absentee ballot boards, which carry out their activities at a central location. They meet at noon and first decide on the admission of the ballot papers. After the polling stations have closed, they count the votes cast by absentee ballot.

Election of the Bremen Parliament, the advisory councils in the municipality of Bremen, and the Bremerhaven City Council:

In these elections, so-called ballot box election boards are deployed in the polling stations. They are responsible for supervising the voting process there. After the polling stations close at 6 p.m., they are still responsible for closing the polls. Their work is finished when the election documents have been handed over to the responsible persons.

The counting of votes is the responsibility of independent counting boards. They meet on election day from around 6 p.m. in the premises designated for counting (usually the central counting center). Each counting board counts at least one electoral district with regard to the citizenship election on the evening of the election. The count continues on the following days (until approximately the Friday after the election).

In view of the more complex five-vote electoral system, more extensive training of the election workers is required - especially for the counting boards.