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The location is used to determine the responsible office for the selected administrative service. In most cases you can enter your place of residence to find the competent authority. However, there are also cases in which a different location must be specified. Here are some examples:

Birth certificateYou want to get married and need a birth certificate. You live in Hanover, but you were born in Celle. You must therefore state your place of birth, i.e. Celle.

Business registrationYou would like to register a business in Braunschweig. Your place of residence is Hanover. You must therefore state the location of your future business, i.e. Braunschweig.

Apply for a building permitYou would like to build a house in Wunstorf and therefore apply for a building permit. Her place of residence is currently Hanover. You must indicate the place where the house is to be built. In this case it is Wunstorf.

Consult the electoral roll for the European elections

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As a person entitled to vote, you may consult the electoral roll in respect of your own data before the European elections. The electoral roll will be made available at least at the place of the
at least at the place of the municipal administration. It can be inspected from the 20th to the 16th day before the election during the general opening hours.
It is only possible to inspect the data of other persons if you can credibly demonstrate facts from which an incorrectness or incompleteness of the electoral roll may result.
incompleteness of the electoral roll.
Within this framework, you can produce extracts from the electoral roll in order to check the voting rights of individual specific persons.



Requirements

Inspection of your own data:

  • You are entitled to vote

Inspection of other people's data:

  • You are entitled to vote and
  • You have substantiated facts from which the inaccuracy or incompleteness of the electoral roll may result Production of

Extracts of other persons' data:

  • You are entitled to vote and
  • you have made a prima facie case that the electoral roll is incorrect or incomplete.

Applications / forms

none

Which documents are required?

  • for inspection of own data: none
  • for the inspection of the data of other persons, facts must be substantiated from which an inaccuracy or incompleteness of the electoral roll may result
  • for the production of extracts for the purpose of checking the data of other persons, facts must be substantiated from which an inaccuracy or incompleteness of the electoral roll may result.

What are the fees?

none

Process flow

You can consult the electoral roll for the European elections
in the following way:

  • You go to the local authority during general opening hours.
  • You can consult the electoral roll in respect of your own data.
  • You may consult the electoral roll with regard to the data of other persons if you can establish facts from which the inaccuracy or incompleteness of the electoral roll may be inferred. In this context, you can produce extracts from the electoral roll in order to check the voting rights of individual specific persons.

What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?

Display period: from the 20th to the 16th day before the election during general opening hours

Processing duration

none

Legal basis

Source: Serviceportal Niedersachsen (Portalverbund des Bundes und der Länder)

Further Links

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Single points of contact of the state of Lower Saxony, Single points of contact of the countries of Europe, advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families.
Access information on the single point of contact for the state of Lower Saxonyvisit Website Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEsVisit advice and assistance for EU citizens and their families