Apply for a postal vote

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Anyone who is entitled to vote can vote in the polling station or apply for a postal vote.

Course description

You can apply for postal voting documents in various ways. Please decide which method you prefer. You cannot apply by telephone!

Please note: If the postal voting documents are to be sent to a different address, please enter this address in addition to your home address.

  1. Apply online
    You can apply for postal voting documents online in good time before the election. Please note that if you submit your application shortly before election day, it can no longer be guaranteed that the postal voting documents will arrive by post on time.
  2. Applying by post

    If you would like to request the postal voting documents by post, please use the back of the election notification. Send the request as early as possible.
    Please let us know by the Monday before the election at the latest if you would like to receive the postal voting documents by post. If we receive your application later, we cannot guarantee that the documents will be delivered on time. From this point onwards, we recommend that you only collect your postal voting documents in person from the district administration office or one of the district inspectorates.

  3. Collect in person
    You can also collect your postal voting documents in person around three weeks before the election. This can be done at the district administration department and at any district inspectorate. The addresses of the issuing offices are on your election notification. You can collect your postal voting documents until 3 pm on the Friday before the election. You can fill in the postal voting documents directly on site and drop them in a ballot box.

  4. Applying for postal voting documents with a proxy
    If you would like to collect or apply for postal voting documents by proxy for another person, there are a few things to bear in mind.

If you apply for a postal vote: Take care of your polling card! You will not get a replacement if you lose it. Without a polling card, you cannot vote in the polling station or by postal vote.

Duration and costs

Fees and charges

  • If you send the application for postal voting documents to the electoral office by post, you must pay postage and use stamps.
  • You can return the postal ballot letter with the completed ballot paper to the electoral office without a stamp.
  • You only have to pay the standard national postage if you send the postal ballot letter back to the electoral office from abroad.

Questions & Answers

We will send the postal voting documents to your place of residence. Please enter the address where you are in addition to your main place of residence in Munich.

Please note: Mailing times abroad are often longer. This also applies to postage from abroad.

Remember when you apply for postal voting documents: You bear the risk of sending them abroad! The electoral office has no influence on the timely receipt of postal voting documents abroad.

The documents will be sent out about three weeks before the election. It can take up to eight days from the start of the postal voting process until you receive the documents by post. If you have not received your postal voting documents in the week before the election, please contact the electoral office.

You can collect your postal voting documents from the district administration office or one of the district inspectorates up to the Friday before the election.

If you want to change the polling station, you must apply for a polling card with postal voting documents.

Please note: You cannot hand in the postal voting documents in our polling stations on election day! However, you can vote in the polling station with the polling card if you have a valid ID with you.

Postal voting documents must be returned to the electoral office by 6 pm on election Sunday at the latest.

Please also use the official letterboxes and special drop-off points on the election weekend.

Please note: You cannot hand in your postal voting documents in our polling stations! However, you can go to the polling station with your ballot paper if you have a valid ID (passport/ID card) with you.

The electoral office will be happy to help you. You can find our telephone number and e-mail address online.

Landeshauptstadt München

Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Geschäftsleitung
Wahlen und Abstimmungen

Internet address

Phone number

Consultation hours

  • Mon 08:00 - 16:00
  • Tue 08:00 - 16:00
  • Wed 08:00 - 16:00
  • Thu 08:00 - 16:00
  • Fri 08:00 - 12:00
  • Sat Closed
  • Sun Closed

Postal address

Landeshauptstadt München
Kreisverwaltungsreferat
Geschäftsleitung
Wahlen und Abstimmungen

Ruppertstraße 19
80466 München

Fax: +49 89 233-45772

Address

Ruppertstraße 19
80337 München

Lagehinweis: Eingang C

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