How does your country organize votes compared to the usa ?
since there seem to be some trouble brewing in the usa maybe you find this input useful.
VOTING in GERMANY:
We vote on Sunday
The people who run for election and the people who run the election must be different people
Citizens have an automatic right to vote, they don't have to register for voting
No excuse and no witness is needed to vote by mail
The number of seats in parliament for each party is determined by the total number of votes
The chancellor is elected by 50% +1 member of parliament = she is elected because her coalition won the national popular vote
The rules for federal elections are set on the federal level = the rules are the same for every citizen no matter in which state they live
Prisoners can vote
You don't have to be a German citizen at birth to become Germany's chancellor
There are several measures in place to decrease the dependency of parties on money from donors and lobbyists: German parties get subsidies from the government based on their election outcome. TV stations have to show free ads from political parties (the time is allocated based on election outcome). Parties can use the public space to set up their posters and billboards for free so they do not have to pay for advertising space. The donations to the CDU in the election year 2017 on federal, state and local level combined were 22.1 million euro (0.22 euro per inhabitant in Germany). Donald Trump/RNC and Joe Biden/DNC raised about $1.5 billion each until the first half of October ($4.6 per US inhabitant for each campaign) just on the federal level and just for the Presidential election.
Gerrymandering districts is not a thing because only the number of votes nationwide are relevant for the outcome of the election
Foreign citizens of the other 26 EU countries have the right to vote and be elected at all local elections
You are not allowed to take a ballot selfie
Voting machines are not allowed, you can only vote on paper and there will always be a paper trail to recount all votes
VOTING in GERMANY:
We vote on Sunday
The people who run for election and the people who run the election must be different people
Citizens have an automatic right to vote, they don't have to register for voting
No excuse and no witness is needed to vote by mail
The number of seats in parliament for each party is determined by the total number of votes
The chancellor is elected by 50% +1 member of parliament = she is elected because her coalition won the national popular vote
The rules for federal elections are set on the federal level = the rules are the same for every citizen no matter in which state they live
Prisoners can vote
You don't have to be a German citizen at birth to become Germany's chancellor
There are several measures in place to decrease the dependency of parties on money from donors and lobbyists: German parties get subsidies from the government based on their election outcome. TV stations have to show free ads from political parties (the time is allocated based on election outcome). Parties can use the public space to set up their posters and billboards for free so they do not have to pay for advertising space. The donations to the CDU in the election year 2017 on federal, state and local level combined were 22.1 million euro (0.22 euro per inhabitant in Germany). Donald Trump/RNC and Joe Biden/DNC raised about $1.5 billion each until the first half of October ($4.6 per US inhabitant for each campaign) just on the federal level and just for the Presidential election.
Gerrymandering districts is not a thing because only the number of votes nationwide are relevant for the outcome of the election
Foreign citizens of the other 26 EU countries have the right to vote and be elected at all local elections
You are not allowed to take a ballot selfie
Voting machines are not allowed, you can only vote on paper and there will always be a paper trail to recount all votes
