Long queues form in front of the polling stations at the Jane Addams School in Friedrichshain.
(Photo: dpa)
Berlin The Berlin elections are much more chaotic than the state whale management had hoped. Several polling stations had to temporarily close on Sunday because they ran out of ballot papers. Some polling stations also received the wrong ballot papers – namely ballot papers from other districts.
The Federal Returning Officer tweeted: “The Berlin State Returning Officer has informed us that there are no second ballots for the election to the House of Representatives in polling stations in Berlin. As it turned out on election day, polling stations had received second ballots from another district. “
Due to mixed up ballot papers, there were invalid votes and delays in some polling stations. Ballot papers from the Friedrichshain / Kreuzberg and Charlottenburg / Wilmersdorf districts were affected.
In polling stations 404, 407 and 408 in the Spartacus Elementary School in Friedrichshain, according to information from the polling station, only ballot papers from Charlottenburg / Wilmersdorf were available for the House of Representatives election. Until the correct ballot papers were delivered, the polling stations had to be temporarily closed. In addition, some votes on false ballot papers had to be declared invalid.
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