Overview
- Municipalities began issuing postal voting packages on February 16 under a rule that permits dispatch only from 20 days before election day, with applications accepted in writing, online, by e‑mail or in person until March 6 at 15:00, but not by phone.
- In Starnberg, 112,500 ballots for the district administrator race were reprinted after one candidate field appeared larger than others, delaying local postal voting until midweek and forcing staff to reopen and restock already prepared envelopes at modest extra cost.
- Krailling officials reopened about 1,500 ready-to-send envelopes after the Starnberg recall, while the city of Starnberg had roughly 1,600 postal packages assembled before the swap to corrected ballots began.
- The Fürth district reported missing personal details for 18 Kreistag candidates due to technical issues; the government of Middle Franconia saw no sign of vote distortion, so no reprint was ordered and annotated ballots were posted online for transparency.
- With postal voting now widespread, several administrations are offering interactive sample ballots—such as in Unterallgäu and Bad Kissingen—to help voters practice kumulieren and panaschieren and reduce errors on the complex local ballots.