to collect data about people who are entitled to vote is a legally defined task of the local authorities who follow federal legislation. about 2 months before each election the roll of eligible voters is publicly offered for a period of (at least) 7 days at town halls and everybody can look if he is on the roll. if he/she or if somebody else is or is not on it who should or shouldn´t be it is possible to request the correction of the electoral roll which has to be dealt with in a legally defined procedure.

need to correct the roll arouses rarely and most people just go to their polling station on election day - and that´s it. as a reminder to eligible voters each one get´s an official information from the local election-authority a couple of days before election day.

a little bit beaurocratic maybe - but the system works.

best wishes for november 4
karl from austria