Overview

• Polling stations will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., with postal voting accepted until 6 p.m. on October 12.
• As of October 2, the city had received 288,167 postal voting documents, equal to nearly 22% of eligible voters.
• The climate proposal seeks to strengthen Hamburg’s existing climate protection law.
• The second proposal would launch a pilot program for an unconditional basic income in the city.
• Since 1996 Hamburg has held seven referendums, five have passed, and today such decisions are binding on the Senat and parliament.