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Repeating the Berlin election is a "Herculean task," says the state returning officer

The Berlin State Returning Officer Stephan Bröchler described the organization of the repeat election to the House of Representatives on February 12 as a "Herculean task".

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Repeating the Berlin election is a "Herculean task," says the state returning officer

The Berlin State Returning Officer Stephan Bröchler described the organization of the repeat election to the House of Representatives on February 12 as a "Herculean task".

The period of 90 days for preparation is "very short", otherwise you have a year to do it, said Bröchler on Monday at a special meeting of the interior committee. The task now is to ensure that the repeat elections function smoothly and that elections “become a celebration of democracy again”.

We are now well on our way to preparing. The registrations for the election workers are "very gratifying," said Bröchler. The now announced payment of 240 euros also contributes to this. Previously there had been an expense allowance of 60 euros. 42,000 election workers are to be deployed. That would be around 8,000 more than in the breakdown election in September 2021, although this time only the House of Representatives and the district assemblies and not the Bundestag should also be elected.

Bröchler had previously given a lecture - which the Berlin "Tagesspiegel" reported on in its "Checkpoint" newsletter - thought aloud about possibly allowing the OSCE and thus international election observers to come to Berlin this time. Berlin's Constitutional Court ruled last week that the election to the House of Representatives must be repeated in its entirety.

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