Turnaround in the battle for the mayor’s office? Is there a second election in Salzburg Hallein? Of course not! Nevertheless, information letters about an alleged election on March 24 are in circulation. A Tyrolean company made a mistake and sent the wrong letters…
An attentive post office employee prevented worse. He noticed that more and more election information about the upcoming mayoral elections in Hallein was arriving at his postal base. These letters are sent to all eligible voters. The man became suspicious.
There will be no second elections in Salzburg’s second-largest city on March 24. As is known, Mayor Alexander Stangassinger (SPÖ) celebrated a dominant victory in the first round of voting despite six rivals. The postal worker immediately raised the alarm.
The reason for the malfunction quickly became clear. A Tyrolean company sends the letters on behalf of the city of Hallein. The company does this for hundreds of communities across Austria and likely sent the election information due to an internal communications error. There are probably about 100 fake letters in circulation. ‘Mistakes happen. The residents of Hallein already know that there will be no second election,” says the city boss.
Today the decision is made after confusion in Golling
This is the second failed election in Tennengau within days. As reported, the Obergäu polling station counted correctly, but the votes for SPÖ and FPÖ were mixed up when the data was sent.
This means that two mandates in the local parliament will probably shift from the Freedom Party to the faction of neo-mayor Martin Dietrich. This would make the SPÖ the party with the highest number of votes in Golling. As reported, the FPÖ is calling for a recount. A decision in this regard will be taken by the constituency authority today, Friday.
Source: Krone
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