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It's kind of "volunteers", as the adminstration sends you a letter and asks you. It's sometimes not easy to get out of that.
by _Codemonkeyism 9y ago
It's kind of "volunteers", as the adminstration sends you a letter and asks you. It's sometimes not easy to get out of that.
- k__ 9y agoMy uncle did it for years and he was a member of the SPD, so I guess parties are involved quite a bit.
- majewsky 9y agoYeah, but there are also members of all the other parties there. Also, when I volunteered, I got the feeling that most (if not all) election assistants take their duty seriously and emphasize their neutrality while performing it.
- k__ 9y agoYes, he was very neutral and forbade every political activity in the election rooms. But what can I say, politically interested people are more likely to be party members, so it's more likely that they work there.
- _Codemonkeyism 9y agoI had the same impression.
- Xylakant 9y agoWhenever I've been observer I never had the slightest feeling that any of the volunteers would place party allegiance over diligent work. But that's exactly why we're all invited to go and observe.
- Xylakant 9y agoThis happens if there are insufficient "real" volunteers. Before every election, there are calls for people to staff the voting places and do the vote counting. Only if that doesn't bring enough people, you'll get drafted. (same as with the volunteer fire brigade by the way. there, too, you can be volunteered)
- _Codemonkeyism 9y ago"same as with the volunteer fire brigade by the way. there, too, you can be volunteered" Do you have any information? Counting votes is easy, fire fighting isn't :-)
- germanier 9y agoIt's called Pflichtfeuerwehr and I think we currently have five of them. Before you actually fight fires you have to take part in mandatory courses. I don't think those five brigades have problems, a team of conscripts is still better than no fire fighters at all.