Als Wahlhelfer freiwillig melden

Would you like to volunteer as a poll worker and contribute to a successful election?

What are the tasks of an election assistant?

• Handing out the ballot papers after checking eligibility to vote
• Organizing access to the polling booth
• Checking the insertion of the folded ballot papers into the ballot boxes
• After 6 p.m.: Public counting of the votes and reporting of the provisional election results to the municipality

Working as a poll worker is an honorary position. You must perform your duties impartially and are obliged to maintain confidentiality about any matters that come to your attention during your official duties. You may not cover your face while carrying out your duties.

Who can become an election assistant?

Anyone who is eligible to vote can regularly become an election assistant. This may vary from election to election.

You can find out more about your eligibility to vote from the municipal electoral office.

The procedure is as follows:

• You register with the electoral office.
• The municipal election officer appoints you to the election committee

as early as possible in the run-up to an election

Information on working as a poll worker can be found on the website of the Federal Returning Officer.

https://www.bundeswahlleiter.de/service/glossar/w/wahlhelfer.html

Website of the Land returning officer for the Saarland

https://www.saarland.de/landeswahlleiterin/home

On election day, every democratic election is only made possible by the commitment of the members of the electoral boards at the local polling stations.

This is why our democracy needs around 650,000 electoral assistants nationwide to carry out elections, around 10,000 in Saarland alone, who take on this honorary electoral office on election day.

With this electoral volunteer work, you can perform an indispensable service for our actively practiced democracy and for our open, free and democratic society. Join in and experience democracy at first hand.