Press release: Federal Ministry of the Interior issues regulation with shortened deadlines for the early federal election
Berlin – The Federal Ministry of the Interior has issued a regulation pursuant to Section 29(1) of the Federal Electoral Act (BWahlG) to shorten the deadlines in the Federal Electoral Act for the upcoming early Bundestag election.
The regulation will be published in the Federal Gazette tomorrow. It will enter into force on 28 December 2024 and will apply to the early Bundestag election on 21 April 2025.
Due to the shortening of the legislative period by approx. four months, the deadlines for the early Bundestag election had to be adjusted accordingly. The regulation serves to ensure that the early Bundestag election can take place on the day announced by the Federal President.
The shortened deadlines mainly concern the following points:
- The nomination of candidates: 74 days before the election (instead of 92 days)
- The establishment of constituency and state electoral committees: 66 days before the election (instead of 80 days)
- The drawing up of the preliminary list of voters: 50 days before the election (instead of 64 days)
- The public display of the preliminary list of voters: 39 days before the election (instead of 53 days)
- The final establishment of the list of voters: 27 days before the election (instead of 39 days)
- The issue of postal voting documents: 27 days before the election (instead of 39 days)
The regulation also shortens the deadlines for the election campaign. For example, the deadline for the submission of election advertisements to broadcasters is now 45 days before the election (instead of 60 days).
The Federal Ministry of the Interior points out that the shortened deadlines do not affect the electoral law provisions on the fundamental principles of the Bundestag election, such as the general, direct, free, equal and secret election.
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