Overview

• The Kommunalwahl-Navi will be available online in Bochum from August 13 and in Duisburg, Essen and Oberhausen on August 15.
• Regional partners designed the tool for eight North Rhine-Westphalia cities to standardize general and local policy theses for all participating parties and lists.
• The platform aims to boost turnout by engaging younger and undecided voters with interactive comparisons of party positions.
• Duisburg’s section covers acquiring derelict buildings for demolition or modernization, establishing car-free zones at accident hotspots and mandating green roofs and façades on municipal projects.
• Municipalities across NRW continue to recruit thousands of poll workers ahead of the September 14 council, mayoral and district elections.