Applying for a voting card: Step-by-step guide

Below you will find step-by-step guide on how to apply for a voting card using the digital service: "Wahlkarte beantragen" ("Apply for a voting card"). The service is only available in German.

Privacy statement

Read the data privacy text and agree to the privacy statement by ticking the checkbox.

Privacy statement
  1. Display the data privacy text by clicking on "Anzeigen" ("Display").
  2. Tick the checkbox to agree to the privacy statement.
  3. Click on "Weiter" ("Next").

Selecting the election

Read the information and select the election for which you want to order a voting card.

Selecting the election
  1. Check the municipality where you order the voting card.
  2. Check the election for which you want to apply for a voting card.
  3. Click on "Jetzt Wahlkarte beantragen" ("Apply for voting card now") for the election.

Personal details

Check and confirm the accuracy of your details.

Personal details
  1. Check your name and date of birth.
  2. Select the selection box.
  3. Click on "Weiter" ("Next").

Main residence

Check and confirm that your main residence is correct. 

To apply for a voting card, the main residence on the cut-off date on which the electoral roll is drawn up is relevant.

Main residence
  1. Check your main residence.
  2. Select the selection box.
  3. Click on "Weiter" ("Next").

Contact details

Check the e-mail address you have entered and correct it if necessary. 

Optionally, you can also enter a telephone number for queries.

Contact details
  1. Enter your e-mail address. Please make sure you enter a valid e-mail address. After submitting your application, you will receive confirmation by e-mail.
  2. Optionally enter a telephone number for queries.
  3. Click on "Weiter" ("Next").

Type of delivery

Select the type of delivery. The available options may vary depending on the voting card provider in your municipality:

  • Delivery to the main residence
  • Delivery to a different Austrian address
  • Delivery to a different international address
  • Delivery to embassy/consulate
  • Self collection
Selection of the type of delivery
  1. Select a delivery option.
  2. Click on "Weiter" ("Next").

Delivery to the main residence

No further information is required for delivery to your main residence. Please follow the information texts.

Delivery to the main residence
  1. The voting card is delivered by Austrian Post and is free of charge for you. We are not involved in the delivery process and therefore cannot guarantee postal delivery.

    Duplicates of lost voting cards may not be issued for reasons of federal law.

    User with ID Austria: Depending on the voting card provider in your municipality, your voting card will either be sent by non-registered post or you have the choice.

    User with eIDAS: Your voting card will be sent by registered post.
  2. If the option is available: Select whether the voting card should be sent by registered mail.
  3. The voting card will be sent to the address that was your main residence on the specified cut-off date. If this has changed, please select the option "Alternative delivery" and enter your new address.
  4. Click on "Weiter" ("Next").

Delivery to a different Austrian address

For delivery to an Austrian address other than your main residence, the address must be provided.

Please follow the information texts.

Delivery to a different Austrian address
  1. Enter the person or company registered at this address in the "c/o" field (optional).
  2. Street
  3. House number
  4. Staircase/floor (optional)
  5. Door number (optional)
  6. Address suffix (optional)
  7. Postcode
  8. Location
  9. The voting card is delivered by Austrian Post and is free of charge for you. We are not involved in the delivery process and therefore cannot guarantee postal delivery.

    Duplicates of lost voting cards may not be issued for reasons of federal law.

    User with ID Austria: Depending on the voting card provider in your municipality, your voting card will either be sent by non-registered post or you have the choice.

    User with eIDAS: Your voting card will be sent by registered post.
  10. The voting card will be sent to the address that was your main residence on the specified cut-off date. If this has changed, please select the option "Alternative delivery" and enter your new address.
  11. Click on "Weiter" ("Next").

Delivery to a different international address

For delivery to an international address other than your main residence, the address must be provided.

Please follow the information texts.

Delivery to a different international address
  1. Enter the person or company registered at this address in the "c/o" field (optional).
  2. Address line 1
  3. Address line 2
  4. Select country
  5. The voting card is delivered by Austrian Post or international postal service providers and is free of charge for you. We are not involved in the delivery process and therefore cannot guarantee postal delivery.

    Duplicates of lost voting cards may not be issued for reasons of federal law.

    User with ID Austria: Depending on the voting card provider in your municipality, your voting card will either be sent by non-registered post or you have the choice.

    User with eIDAS: Your voting card will be sent by registered post.

    The voting card will be sent to the address that was your main residence on the specified cut-off date. If this has changed, please select the option "Alternative delivery" and enter your new address.
  6. Click on "Weiter" ("Next").

Delivery to embassy/consulate

For delivery to an Austrian embassy or consulate, first select the country and then the embassy or consulate. If your country is not specified, please select the option for a different delivery address.

Delivery type embassy/consulate
  1. Select country.
  2. Select the embassy/consulate.
  3. Click on "Weiter" ("Next").

Self collection

Select this option if you want to collect the voting card from the issuing authority yourself.

Delivery type self-collection
  1. Select "Self collection".
  2. Please note: Select this option if you want to collect the voting card from the relevant municipal office. If another person is to collect the voting card from the issuing authority on your behalf, you must authorise them to do so in writing.
  3. Click on "Weiter" ("Next").

Decisive ballot

Voting cards for any decisive ballots must be applied for separately. Read the information text and decide now whether you want to apply for a voting card for a possible decisive ballot.

Decisive ballot
  1. If no candidate receives an absolute majority in the election on the specified date, a decisive ballot is held on the following date. The same legal regulations apply to this decisive ballot as to the first ballot

    Voting cards for any decisive ballots must be applied for separately. If you already know that you will not be able to go to a polling station on the day of the decisive ballot, please indicate this in your voting card application for the first ballot.

    Important: For reasons of federal law, the voting card for the decisive ballot may only be used for postal voting from the date specified. This also applies if you receive the voting card for the decisive ballot before this day.
  2. Select one of the options:
    1. Yes, I would like to apply for a voting card now in case of a decisive ballot.
    2. No, I don't want to apply for a voting card now for a possible decisive ballot.
  3. Click on "Weiter" ("Next").

Reason

Give a reason for your application:

  • Absence/stay abroad
  • Health reasons
  • Other reasons (additional statement of reasons required)
Reason
  1. Select the reason
  2. Please note: Since the voting card is legally an exception to the right to vote, the legislator requires a reason. If the reasons are not provided for by law, the municipality will reject the application.
  3. Click on "Weiter" ("Next").

Voting card and ballot paper template

Template
  1. Voting card and ballot paper templates are available for blind and severely visually impaired voters to fill in the voting card and ballot paper.
  2. Select the checkbox if you want to request a voting card and ballot paper template with the voting card.
  3. Click on "Weiter" ("Next").

Checking the details

Check your details.

Checking the entries
  1. Please check your details again for correctness and confirm it. If you have made a mistake, click on "Bearbeiten" ("Edit") to modify your details.

    You will receive a confirmation of your details by e-mail, please check your e-mail address again.
  2. Your details
  3. User with ID Austria: Click on "Antrag signieren und absenden" ("Sign and send application").
    User with eIDAS: Click on "Antrag absenden" ("Submit application").

Completion

The process has been completed. You can still give feedback on the digital service.

Completion
  1. The voting card was successfully requested

    The transaction ID is requested in the event of queries. It will be sent together with the confirmation of the successful request to the e-mail address provided.
  2. You can evaluate the digital service: Click on "Jetzt Feedback geben" ("Give feedback now").
  3. Click on "Schließen" ("Close").