Well....back around 15 years ago...some folks came to give a demo and sell the Germans on the idea of machine ballots/counting.
In the end....the Chaos Computer Club stepped in and said 'fine, why don't you allow us to break into them?'. German government agreed....the club easily broke in and showed the problems of this technology.
While there was some 'push' going on...court challenges occurred, and on 3 March 2009....the Federal Ordinance on Voting Machines (Wahlgeräteverordnung) was declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court.
So paper ballots went back into force.
Generally, what you find is voting districts are created to handle around 2,500 residents. It'll be in a local school or kindergarten or public building....always on a Sunday.
If you add it up....nationwide....it's about 90,000 polling stations across the country.
Pretty much limited to vote? Oh yeah. A letter will be mailed to your address. Since the law says when you move...you MUST register with the local city-hall within four weeks...that's the official address where the announcement letter will go....telling you the date, time and what to bring (this letter, your national ID card) and the time of the doors being open.
Trying to bluff your way to vote in a wrong polling station? I'd say it's close to a 99-percent chance that you will fail. Trying to vote without the ID card? You will fail.
I'm not saying it's perfect. This past election in Berlin-City was fairly screwed up and there's still talk of a secondary election to make up for the crap in that election.
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