BIM and BREZINA should increase voter turnout – Diepresse.com

The Austrian University of Applied Sciences (ÖH) relies on a tram, which is mainly traveling around the Hauptuni, to increase the participation in the ÖH elections from May 13th to 15th. The BIM decorated with the ÖH logo and election calls is not the only part of the ÖH election campaign. Among other things, celebrities like the author Thomas Brezina advertise in social media for participation in the urn gang.

It is chosen on three levels: The federal representation is determined by the federal representation, for the university representation the mandates for the local university. The list of lists applies to both – so student parties are chosen. It is different with the study representative: Here people are chosen to represent the interests of the students of a field of study.

Around 400,000 eligible voters

Around 400,000 students are entitled to vote regardless of their citizenship. « The higher the turnout, the better the ÖH can represent the interests of the students, » emphasized ÖH chairwoman Sarah Rossmann (green and alternative students grass) at a media appointment on Wednesday. In the last ÖH election 2023, only 21.2 percent voted.

Like many other institutions in the Republic, the ÖH was founded 80 years ago. « Any improvement for students has come up with the pressure of the ÖH, » emphasized deputy ÖH boss Nina Mathies (Association of Socialist Students) – such as the introduction of tuition in the 1960s, the study representatives, the student home foundation or finally the valorization of the additional earnings limits.

The next highlight of the ÖH election campaign is the panel discussion of the top candidate of the eleven nationwide lists on Monday (May 5), according to the second deputy chairman Simon Neuhold (Communist Student Association Left List (KSV-Lili). The following day the application period for electoral cards ends- University representation (but not the study representative).