European, federal and state elections; inspection of the electoral roll

The municipalities shall draw up a register of eligible voters for each voting or electoral district as of the 42nd day before the election. The eligible voters entered in this list receive an official election notification with all the information about the place and time of voting, as well as a form for applying for a ballot paper, at the latest three weeks before the election, if the eligible voter wishes to vote by absentee ballot.

Every person entitled to vote shall also have the right to verify the accuracy or completeness of the data entered about him or her in the electoral roll during general office hours on working days, except Saturdays, from the 20th to the 16th day before the vote. In order to verify the correctness or completeness of the data of other persons entered in the electoral roll, persons entitled to vote shall have the right to inspect the electoral roll during the aforementioned period only if they substantiate facts from which an incorrectness or incompleteness of the electoral roll may result. The right to inspect shall not apply to the data of persons entitled to vote for whom an information block has been entered in the register of residents pursuant to Section 51 of the Federal Registration Act. Anyone who has not been included in the electoral roll for a reason for which he or she is not responsible shall receive a ballot paper on application.

If you want to know whether you are eligible to vote in your municipality (i.e. are entered in the electoral roll), when, where and how you can apply for absentee ballots and where exactly you can vote in your municipality, please contact the electoral office at your municipality or administrative community.

For detailed information on all general questions about the individual elections, including the legal basis and the election results of past elections and votes, please visit the website of the State Election Commissioner at the Bavarian State Office for Statistics.