Overview
- The Abgeordnetenhaus and Bezirksverordnetenversammlungen will be held on 20 September and local districts say voting notifications have been mailed, so voters who did not receive a notice should contact their Bezirkswahlamt and can still vote in person if they are listed in the register and show a valid ID.
- The Landeswahlamt reported 556,631 postal‑vote certificates issued as of 30 August, about 7,829 more than at the same point in 2023, and Landeswahlleiter Stephan Bröchler estimates roughly 45 percent of ballots may be cast by mail.
- Applications for postal voting remain open until 18 September at 15:00 and postal ballots must arrive by 20 September at 18:00 to be counted, so voters should plan pickup or posting early to ensure their vote is valid.
- WahlheYmat’s StimmlosTrend survey, open through 7 September in seven languages, is collecting views from Berlin residents without German citizenship and early responses from several hundred participants show housing is the top concern for about two‑thirds.
- About 2.5 million people can vote in the state ballot while roughly 976,000 Berlin residents lack German citizenship and cannot vote in the Abgeordnetenhaus; non‑German EU citizens who were main residents on 20 June 2026 and are at least 16 may still vote in district (BVV) elections, and the survey could shape public debate even though it does not change formal voting rights.