Almost 153,000 people from Linz can vote in 237 polling stations. In addition, there is a postal voting service on the forecourt of the New Town Hall due to the Corona. Not counting a possible runoff election, the ballot will cost around one million euros, informed Mayor Klaus Luger (SP) in a press conference on Friday.
Currently, SP, FP, VP and Grne are represented in the city senate, and NEOS and KP are also represented in the municipal council. This time, in addition to these parties, the NEOS spin-off Linz plus, the pan-European Volt, the Wandel, the vaccine-skeptical MFG (people – freedom – basic rights) and the referendum list will take place. In addition to Luger, Vice Mayors Markus Hein (FP) and Bernhard Baier (VP), the Green City Councilor Eva Schobesberger and Georg Redlhammer (NEOS), Gerlinde Grnn (KP), Lorenz Potocnik (Linz plus), Clemens Brandstetter ( Wandel), Norbert Obermayr (MFG) and Bernhard Hahn (referendum).
More than 600 employees of the City Council and the Linz Group are involved in voting – from issuing voting cards to processing on election day, said City Council Director Ulrike Huemer. Another 4,000 people work for the parties and the district election authorities, for example as assessors, confidants and witnesses. On September 26th, the polling stations in the state capital will be open from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Due to the corona, the voting cards will be issued in open-air containers on the forecourt of the New Town Hall this year. You can apply for or hand in voting cards there until September 24th at 12 noon.
