AllThingsGerman.net: Oberursel
The latest news in English from Oberursel in the Taunus area of Germany.
Residents in Oberursel cannot have failed to notice the large posters around the town with photos of the two Mayoral candidates on them. The election takes place on Sunday, 21st June, 2015 and under certain circumstances, EU nationals will also be able to cast their vote.
Those conditions are: [Read more…]
This year sees a rather unusual election take place. Apart from electing a new Mayor on 21st June, 2015, Oberursel will also be holding elections for all 9 seats on the Ausländerbeirat – the foreigners’ advisory council.
The election itself will take place on Sunday, 29th November, 2015 and for the first time it will be possible to apply for a postal vote. But for now, the town are looking for candidates and are holding an information evening for anyone interested on Wednesday, 6th May at 6pm in the town hall. [Read more…]
All members of the Ausländerbeirat were present when their meeting started on Monday, 9th March, 2015. The meeting got speedily underway, with no questions from members of the public, a short statement by the chairman, and no messages from the town’s administration. The guest speaker on the topic of “Anti-discrimination in Frankfurt” was not there, so within a few minutes the committee had already made it to item 6 on their agenda.
However before they could deal with that item, and after some discussion about how exactly to change the agenda, they added item 12: a discussion about the gala evening of the Windrose charity. Theoretically item 12 could have been added to the end of the agenda, but there was an objection to this as committee member Giannoula Kalargali wanted to be there for the discussion (and vote) and had – as so often in the past – to leave early.
So item 12 became item 5 (neu), or mabye it became just item 5, because item 5 was dropped, because the speaker was not there. Let’s just say it made it onto the agenda between items 4 and 6. [Read more…]
An election for the Landrat in Hochtaunuskreis is taking place on Sunday, 22nd January 2012.
Anyone in Oberursel wishing to have a postal vote or to vote in advance must go to the Rathaus by 1pm on Friday, 20th January.
On Saturday 21st from 10am to 12 noon and on Sunday 22nd from 8am to 3pm the Rathaus will be open for anyone who
– is suddenly taken ill and therefore needs to vote by post
– is eligible to vote, but is not on the list of voters
– is eligible to vote, but has not received a postal vote that they have applied for
All postal votes must be at the Rathaus, either in the main letter box or in Room 101A by 6pm on Sunday.
An election for the Landrat in Hochtaunuskreis is taking place on Sunday, 22nd January 2012.
All German and EU citizens who have been living in the Kreis since 22nd October 2011 and are 18 or over are eligible to vote and by now should have received their polling cards.
Anyone in Oberursel who has not received theirs but believes they are eligible should contact the Einwohnermeldeamt in the Rathaus.
Postal ballots can be applied for until 20th January at 1pm using the form on the reverse side of the polling card, or using the town’s website.
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