Migration Advisory Board

Residents of Jena who wish to be elected as an honorary member of the Migration Advisory Council can register as a candidate during the designated period from February 4 to February 25, 2025. Candidatures will be accepted by the Office for Migration and Integration and the Citizens' Services Department.

An eligible candidate is:

• eligible to vote according to § 15 of the main statutes,
• born on or before 01.04.2007 and
• not excluded in accordance with § 2 or § 3 of the main statutes.

You will find a form for submitting your nomination or candidacy in the download area from 04.02.2025.

Eligibility to vote according to § 15 of the main statutes

Every person is entitled to vote who

• born on or before 01.04.2007 and
• has been registered as a resident of Jena for at least three months without interruption and

• is not German within the meaning of Article 116 (1) of the Basic Law or
• is German within the meaning of Article 116 (1) of the Basic Law and has acquired this legal status as a foreign resident through naturalization in Germany or
• is German within the meaning of Article 116 (1) of the Basic Law and at the same time has a foreign nationality or
• came to the Federal Republic of Germany as a German or German national within the meaning of Article 116 (1) of the Basic Law or
• whose mother or father is not German or German within the meaning of Article 116 (1) of the Basic Law.

Voters' register

All residents who are entitled to vote in accordance with Section 15 of the Main Statutes are included in the voters' register, provided that the requirements for eligibility to vote can be determined by the City of Jena. The documents for postal voting are sent out on the basis of the voters' register.

The election of the Migration Advisory Council will take place in the form of a postal vote. This means that eligible voters will receive all voting documents by post from 11.03.2025.

Eligible voters who have not received postal voting documents should contact the Office for Migration and Integration, Saalbahnhofstraße 9.

• Anyone who is eligible to vote and has not been included in the electoral register can still register until 22.03.2019.
• Anyone who is entitled to vote and is listed in the electoral roll but has not received postal voting documents can still receive the documents until 28.03.2025. Lost voting documents will not be replaced.

The election documents consist of

• an information and leaflet
• a ballot paper with surname, first names, date of birth, home address and affidavit
• a ballot paper
• a ballot paper envelope
• a return envelope (ballot paper envelope) with the address of the polling station

The ballot paper must be signed, stating the place and date, with an affidavit that the person entitled to vote has marked the ballot paper themselves.

Three votes can be cast for one or more candidates on the ballot paper. The choice must be clearly recognizable.

The ballot paper is placed in the ballot paper envelope and sealed . The ballot paper envelope and ballot paper are placed together in the return envelope. The return envelope is sealed and sent to the address printed on it. The return is free of charge.

Important: A ballot paper can only be considered if it is received by the election office by midnight on 01.04.2025.

• Thuringian law on elections in the districts and municipalities
• Thuringian municipal election regulations
• Main statutes of the city of Jena