Why voting on the urn must not die – Diepresse.com
In the Vienna election campaign, voting is advertised by letter as a norm. This not only contradicts the law, it endangers the secret right to vote. People used to go on the street for the right to vote, so today you could make it into the polling station as a healthy person.
« Change the country with a letter » is on paper in large letters that the Neos send to Viennese voters these days. Vice -mayor Bettina Emmerling And club chairwoman Selma Arapović write on it: « In the past few days you may have already received your election card – if not, order it directly to wien.neos.eu/lahlkarte now. And then only one letter that progress continues in Vienna. »
The election card as a normality: In no word is mentioned in the pink letter that you can also choose at the urn. And that, according to the Vienna municipal electoral code (as in the federal government), you can only vote by post in exceptional cases. Namely, if you are probably prevented on election day because you are not in the city or is limited in health. Now the Neos letter is particularly remarkable. But the attitude towards postal voting is one that quite a few other politicians and citizens share. The main thing is that you can get a voice or hand in comfortably. But is this simple formula really the right one?
