Counting of Ballot Papers for Vienna Election 2025 Earlier
For the first time in the Vienna election, most of these votes will be counted on election day itself, as Vienna has adopted the new federal regulation.
Preliminary Result More Meaningful Due to Counting of Voting Cards on Sunday
Applications for voting cards can be submitted in writing or online until April 23, and in person at the relevant election office until April 25. In the latter case, the ballot can also be marked and submitted there immediately. Shielded areas are available for voting. If voting by mail, the ballot must be received by 5:00 PM on election day at the latest. New this year is that not all postal votes will be counted only the day after the election. In Vienna, similar to the new regulation for EU or national elections, almost all ballots (except those of EU citizens, note) that arrive by Friday at 5:00 PM will be counted in the relevant precincts. This means that the preliminary result on election night will be closer to the final result, and the precinct results will also be more meaningful for analyses.
The postal votes received by Friday will be delivered on election day by district election authority staff to the relevant precincts in specially designated boxes and will be included there. However, evaluation will only take place after the polls close. In Vienna, all polling stations are uniformly open until 5:00 PM. No votes will be counted before then. On Sunday evening, the preliminary final results for the municipal council and districts will be available. Postal voting cards that arrive between Friday afternoon and Sunday will be counted on Monday. This also applies to the voting cards of EU citizens without Austrian citizenship participating in the district council election. The official result will only be available a few days later: The official final result will be determined after the meeting of the city election authority on May 8.
(APA/Red)
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