Overview
- Hessen holds municipal elections on 15 March for 21 county councils and 421 local parliaments, with about a dozen mayoral races including Hanau.
- The State Court in Wiesbaden invalidated the planned d’Hondt method, restoring Hare‑Niemeyer for seat allocation, which officials say is already implemented.
- Offenbach identified two missing candidates on roughly 67,000 council ballots; legal review indicates the vote proceeds without an automatic rerun as remedies target transparency.
- Bavaria’s 8 March results trigger many 22 March runoffs, including Hof (Eva Döhla vs. Stefan Schmalfuß), Bamberg (Jonas Glüsenkamp vs. Sebastian Martins Niedermaier) and Schrobenhausen (Harald Reisner vs. Andy Vogl), with extended Wahlamt hours and brief‑vote guidance published.
- Regional outlets offer real‑time result emails and interactive maps for Hessen, while Berlin readies roughly 40,000 election workers for the 20 September vote that will enfranchise 16‑year‑olds for the Abgeordnetenhaus.