In addition to fulfilling the electoral requirements applicable to all voters, they must

1. either, within the last 25 years and after attaining the age of 14, have been domiciled without interruption in the Federal Republic of Germany* for at least three months or otherwise have had their habitual residence there, or for other reasons have acquired a personal and direct familiarity with the political conditions in the Federal Republic of Germany and be affected by them;

   and

2. be registered on an electoral roll in the Federal Republic of Germany. Registration is possible only upon application. The application must be made on an official form; it has been possible for applications to be made/submitted since mid-November 2024. Applications not received by the competent municipal authority before 3 February 2025 cannot be accepted (section 18 (1) of the Federal Electoral Regulations).

Application forms and information sheets are available online from the Federal Returning Officer (www.bundeswahlleiterin.de). If you have no internet access, they may also be obtained from

• the diplomatic missions and career consular posts of the Federal Republic of Germany;
• district returning officers in the Federal Republic of Germany.

*A previous domicile or residence in the area stipulated in Article 3 of the Unification Treaty (Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, as well as the territory of the former Berlin (East)) will also be taken into account.

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