Volunteer election assistants wanted
The city's electoral authority is asking Chemnitz residents to participate as volunteer electoral assistants in the 2020 mayoral election, which will take place on 14 June 2020. If no candidate receives more than half of the valid votes, a second ballot will be held on 5 July 2020.
Who can be a poll worker and what does a poll worker have to do? For the proper conduct of the mayoral election on 14 June 2020 and for the possible second ballot on 5 July 2020, an electoral board will be formed for each of the 143 general polling districts and 30 postal ballot boards to ensure the smooth running of voting and the counting of votes in the respective polling station on election Sunday. All persons who have been registered with their main place of residence in Chemnitz for at least three months on election day, are German citizens or citizens of another member state of the European Union (EU citizens) and have reached the age of 18 can be election assistants.
Regarding activities on election day: The polling stations are open on election day from
8 am to 6 pm. The members of the electoral board meet in the polling station at 7.30 a.m. at the latest, unless another time has been set by the Chief Electoral Officer. They receive a short briefing on their tasks and the allocation of deployment and break times takes place, so that a deployment will generally not extend over the whole day. At around 5.30 p.m., the entire electoral board meets again in the polling station to prepare and carry out the ascertainment of results. Once the results have been determined, the operation is over.
Compensation for deployment: Compensation for work on an election committee is regulated in the "Statutes of the City of Chemnitz on the compensation of voluntary election assistants in elections and decisions" of 29 August 2017. Accordingly, a refreshment allowance is paid per election assignment for work on an election committee in accordance with the following overview.
| Function | General electoral boards | Postal ballot boards |
|---|---|---|
| Supervisor of elections | 50 Euro | 45 Euro |
| Deputy | 40 Euro | 35 Euro |
| Assessor | 35 Euro | 30 Euro |
Where and by when can you register as an election assistant? Anyone interested in supporting the elections by working on an election committee should send their declaration of willingness by post by 14 April 2020 to:
City of Chemnitz
Electoral authority
09106 Chemnitz
The declaration of willingness can also be sent by fax (0371 488-1896) or by email wahlhelfer(at)stadt-chemnitz.de to the electoral authority. It can also be handed in at the town hall (Markt 1), the Bürgerhaus am Wall (Düsseldorfer Platz 1), the Moritzhof (Bahnhofstraße 53) and the Neues Technisches Rathaus (Friedensplatz 1) at the information desks there, at the citizen service centres or at the electoral authority (Bahnhofstraße 53).
Information on election deployment: The electoral assistants deployed will receive a letter of appointment approximately four weeks before the mayoral election. Letters of appeal for a possible second ballot will also be sent by the same post. Even if no letter of appointment is received initially, it may still be the case that support is required. The assignment can still be determined operationally until the Friday before the respective election day.
Contact: If you have any questions about the deployment, please contact the city's electoral authority on 0371/488 7473 or by email at wahlhelfer(at)stadtchemnitz.de or by dialling 115.