View Inside Polling Station Before Vienna Election

The municipal authority responsible for the Vienna election organized a session for cameras on Thursday in Vienna-Josefstadt, where the voting process was reenacted in a polling station with extras. These recordings can be used to illustrate the coverage of the election next Sunday.

No Images from Polling Stations Since Presidential Election 2016

Because it remains the case that on Sunday, journalists are not welcome in polling stations unless they are casting their own vote. The reason lies in the presidential election of 2016, which had to be repeated. At that time, the Constitutional Court declared that even the unauthorized presence of individuals in a polling station could influence the election result.

Since then, the regulation has been that camera teams can take pictures at a certain distance from the polling station, but can no longer enter the premises. Thus, for nearly a decade, we have had to do without the previously traditional images of top candidates casting their ballots. This will not change for the Vienna election on April 27.

(APA/Red)

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