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Registro de electores
VR001
Voting age
Pregunta What is the legal voting age in the national elections?
Answer:
c . 18
Respuestas
Fuente
Constitution, Art.38 (2)
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gg/englisch_gg.pdf
Verificado
2025/03/06
VR002
Other voting requirements
Pregunta Beyond age, what other qualifications exist for registering to vote and voting in the national elections?
Respuestas
a . Citizenship
b . Period of Residence
Respuestas
Registration for voting requires an individual to have had a domicile or have otherwise been permanently resident for at least three months in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Fuente
Federal Elections Act, Sections 12-13
https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/dam/jcr/4ff317c1-041f-4ba7-bbbf-1e5dc45097b3/bundeswahlgesetz_engl.pdf
Verificado
2025/03/06
VR004
Authority responsible for voter registration
Pregunta Which is the authority responsible for the registration of voters for national elections?
Answer:
c . Local Government Authority
Respuestas
The local authorities shall maintain a register of persons entitled to vote for each polling district. The voters' register shall be laid out on display for the general public on working days from the twentieth until the sixteenth day before the election.
Fuente
Federal Elections Act, Section 17 (1)
https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/dam/jcr/4ff317c1-041f-4ba7-bbbf-1e5dc45097b3/bundeswahlgesetz_engl.pdf
Verificado
2025/03/06
VR008
Is it compulsory to be on the voters register?
Pregunta Is it compulsory to be on the voters register?
Answer:
a . Sí
Respuestas
The local authority must include all eligible citizens on the voter registry, however it is not mandatory to vote.
Fuente
Federal Elections Act, Art. 17
https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/dam/jcr/4ff317c1-041f-4ba7-bbbf-1e5dc45097b3/bundeswahlgesetz_engl.pdf
Federal Electoral Regulations, Art 14, 16
https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/en/dam/jcr/e146a529-fd3b-4131-9588-8242c283537a/bundeswahlordnung_engl.pdf
Verificado
2025/03/06