Austria goes to the polls on 29 September to elect a new government. As the presenter in the most recent video of the ‘Österreich, erklärt’ series mentioned below, says: “every vote counts.”
Ballot cards are already arriving for Austrians overseas who have registered – the deadline to return them is 29 September, so post back by 19 September, to be sure it arrives in time. There is more information below to help you fill in and return the voting card, should you need it, plus some useful resources to keep you up to speed with developments in Austria.
A video to help you fill in ballot papers, which have started to arrive.
The list of parties in Vienna and their websites, if this is where you are registered to vote.
The March Passport to Austria webinar on the parliamentary system, parties and main political issues.
Other resources including a tool to match your political preferences to a party in Austria and the five main parties’ websites (see section ‘Webinars on politics, voting and elections’).
‘Austria, explained’ / ‘Österreich, erklärt’: A highly recommended new video series from Der Standard newspaper (employer of Eric Frey who spoke at March’s elections webinar). Unsurprisingly, with the upcoming elections, the initial topics are about voting and the individual parties but it will later cover issues in culture and society. You can turn on subtitles in your language in YouTube by clicking the settings button at the base of each video (the cog). In that menu, click ‘Subtitles/CC’, then select, ‘German (auto generated)’. That takes you back a step to the settings menu so you have to reopen ‘Subtitles/CC’. You will now see the ‘Auto translate’ option under ‘German (auto generated)’. Click ‘Auto translate’ to select your language.
With thanks to Nik Pollinger for this useful information.
