Election template

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The upper half of a template for the election of the German Bundestag from 2017. The ballot paper is inserted from the right. There are circular recesses in the middle at the points for voting: two next to each other for the first and second vote and a total of nine one below the other for the individual parties. The numbers 1–9 are printed in Braille and embossed black letters to the left and right of the holes for allocation to the candidates and parties.
Election template for the 2017 federal election

A voting template ( called voting slip template in Austria ) is an aid that enables blind or visually impaired people to vote in secret elections without the help of another person. Election templates thus ensure barrier-free voting.

Use in Germany

Pursuant to Section 45 (5) of the Federal Electoral Regulations , blind associations have the right to receive voting slip samples before federal elections so that they can prepare voting templates in good time and distribute them to the people concerned. In addition, according to Section 50 (4) of the Federal Electoral Act , the blind associations are reimbursed for the costs of producing the templates. Voting templates are also used in other elections, such as social elections , European elections , state elections and local elections .

Use in Austria

In Austria voting templates, here called voting slip templates, can be used by blind or visually impaired voters in every election and must be offered to them.

The Federal Ministry of the Interior states:

"Blind or visually impaired voters can use a" tool to enable them to vote independently "(a voting slip template) to cast their votes. Every polling station must have voting slip templates. [...]

If blind or visually impaired people do not have a voting slip template, the election officer must offer one at the same time as the voting slip. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In Germany also called voting slip template. Bundestag election: Information for the blind and for barrier-free voting ( memento of October 11, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). Press release, August 19, 2009. In: bundeswahlleiter.de, accessed on August 4, 2017.
  2. ↑ a b § 75 paragraph 1 National Council election regulations 1992. In: bmi.gv.at. Federal Ministry of the Interior, accessed on October 26, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Art. 1a ( Amendment of the Federal Electoral Act ) Act on Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities and on Amendments to Other Acts of April 27, 2002, Federal Law Gazette I p. 1467, 1468 (PDF; 67 kB).
  4. ↑ Barrier-free social elections 2011. ( Memento of March 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ). In: dbsv.org. German Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired , accessed on August 4, 2017.
  5. ↑ Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs : Announcement No. 16: Voting options with a voting template for blind and visually impaired voters . (PDF) (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on August 4, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.bmas.de .
  6. ↑ Information on elections in Saxony-Anhalt for people with impaired vision ( Memento from February 25, 2017 in the Internet Archive ). In: bsv-sachsen-anhalt.de. Saxony-Anhalt Association of the Blind and Visually Impaired, accessed on August 4, 2017.
  7. ↑ Iris Pelny: Erfurt integration company produces nationwide voting templates. In: wahlen-in-thueringen.de. Thüringer Allgemeine , April 4, 2012, accessed on April 11, 2012.
  8. ↑ Federal Ministry of the Interior: E-learning for the repetition of the second round of the 2016 federal presidential election. In: bmi-elearning.at, accessed on October 26, 2016 (non-public); see. similar to the Federal Ministry of the Interior: Election of the Federal President 2016. Guide for repeating the second ballot on December 4, 2016. Decree of the Federal Ministry of the Interior of October 7, 2016, number: BMI-WA1220 / 0755-III / 6/2016, p. 36 f .; aforms2web.at (PDF; 1.2 MB).