Volunteer election assistants wanted
The City of Chemnitz is asking citizens to participate in the 2014 European and local elections Information and form online at www.chemnitz.de/wahlen
The electoral authority of the City of Chemnitz is asking citizens to volunteer as election assistants for the 2014 European and local elections. The call is published on the City of Chemnitz website at www.chemnitz.de/wahlen and in the official gazette of the City of Chemnitz in issue no. 15 of today's Wednesday (16 April 2014). Citizens can also obtain information on the subject of election assistants by dialling 115.
The City of Chemnitz needs a total of approx. 2,000 electoral assistants for the 2014 European and local elections, and is currently still looking for approx. 100 to 150 electoral assistants.
Who can be a poll worker and what does a poll worker have to do? On 25 May 2014, the members of the European Parliament from the Federal Republic of Germany and, in Chemnitz, the city councillors and local councillors will be elected at the same time. To ensure that these elections are conducted properly, an electoral board will be formed for each of the 161 electoral districts in the city of Chemnitz to ensure that voting runs smoothly and that votes are counted at the respective polling station on election Sunday. All persons who are German citizens living in Chemnitz or citizens of another member state of the European Union (EU citizens) aged 18 or over on election day and who have lived in Chemnitz for at least three months are eligible to be electoral assistants.
The polling stations are open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on election days. The members of the electoral board meet at the polling station at 7.30 am. They receive a short briefing on their tasks and are divided into assignments and break times, so that an assignment will generally not extend over the entire day. At around 5.30 p.m., the entire electoral board meets back at the polling station to prepare for and carry out the ascertainment of results. Once the results have been determined, the operation is over. For their voluntary work on the electoral board, the poll workers receive a refreshment allowance - for work on a general electoral board in the amount of 55 euros (supervisor), 45 euros (deputy) and 40 euros (owner).
Where can citizens register as election assistants? Citizens who would like to support the organisation of the elections in an election committee should send their declaration of willingness by post to: City of Chemnitz, Electoral Authority, 09106 Chemnitz or by fax to 0371 488-1896 or by email to wahlhelfer@stadt-chemnitz.de The declaration of willingness can also be submitted in person at the following facilities: at the information desk in the town hall (Markt 1), at the information desk in the Bürgerhaus am Wall (Düsseldorfer Platz 1), at the information desk in the Bürger- und Verwaltungszentrum Moritzhof (Bahnhofstraße 53) and at the information desk in the Technical Town Hall (Annaberger Straße 89) as well as at the citizen service centres of the City of Chemnitz and, of course, at the city's electoral authority (Getreidemarkt 3). Please inform the electoral authority immediately of any changes to the data given in the declaration of readiness.
Note: Citizens who are also willing to take over the management of an election committee as a chairperson or deputy chairperson should contact the electoral authority of the City of Chemnitz directly. Letters of appointment for the position of election assistant are sent out approximately three to four weeks before the election. For reasons of election organisation, it may also happen that an appointment is only made shortly before election day.
Contact: If you have any questions about working as an election assistant or as the head or deputy head of an election committee, please contact the electoral authority of the City of Chemnitz directly - the contact person here is Gabriele Rantzuch on 0371 488- 7473.
Information online: All information and the form for the declaration of willingness to work as a member of an election committee can be found online at www.chemnitz.de/wahlen