Rudy Giuliani – Frankfurt expert on Trump lawyer: “That’s ridiculous”

Councilor Jan Schneider (CDU) in an interview about the 2021 local elections, voting by mail and what the US conspiracy theories have to do with Frankfurt.

Frankfurt – you believe it Rudy giuliani, the attorney for the president-elect of the United States Donald trump, then Trump’s defeat can only be explained by massive electoral fraud. And the conspiracy against the holder was controlled by Frankfurt Of how Giuliani stated in a television interview. A case for Jan Schneider (CDU), who as head of department is responsible for both the digital infrastructure and the correct implementation of the elections and who is currently in charge of the Local elections 2021 takes care.

Local elections in Hesse in 2021 and US elections in 2020: what voting by mail in the United States has to do with Frankfurt

Mr. Schneider, how many votes did Joe Biden from Frankfurt get?

I am really impressed. TI’s location Frankfurt apparently has a reputation like Donnerhall, if local servers are trusted United States election can decide. But, seriously: Giuliani statement It belongs, of course, to the realm of conspiracy theories. I also have no idea how he came up with it. Maybe you read that in Frankfurt the world’s largest internet hub is up and running and something crazy is being woven from it.

Some websites say that the US Army raided servers in Frankfurt.

For the love of God, what can I say about it? I never heard about it. It really amazes me what some people say. It’s ridiculous.

Frankfurt City Councilor Schneider on the 2021 Local Elections: “The trend towards voting by mail has increased”

Then we talk about serious issues. He is currently preparing the local elections on March 14. Are you waiting for a postal vote record?

Yes, it can be assumed. The trend towards postal vote anyway, it had risen significantly recently, which I saw quite critically. I pointed out to him that he should actually vote at the polling station and that voting by mail is an exception for which there must be reasons. But there are these reasons in a pandemic. It is perfectly legitimate to say: yes postal votebecause the risk of infection is too great for me. That also helps us in the polling stations. The less that happens there, the lower the risk to our poll workers. Therefore, before March 14, we will ask for the possibility of postal vote Tracks.

Local elections 2021 in Hessen: Corona increases interest in postal voting in Frankfurt

In the pandemic, is it difficult to find people who want to help out at the polling stations?

We are vigilant and in the end we will have enough poll workers. But of course it is Crown a theme. Older and more experienced volunteers, in particular, wonder if they really should go to the polling station on March 14. But we are working on hygiene concepts to minimize risk. And we need a lot of staff for the count. We expect a total of 6500 people.

How long will the count take this time?

More than usual, but that’s not for her. postal vote. For votes that arrive by mail, the same applies as for ballots that are filled out at the voting table: Ballots with only one cross are counted first. Only from Monday we will count the so-called modified sheets of paper, in which individual candidates have been chosen or eliminated. On the one hand, the proportion of this accumulation and variegation increases. On the other hand, we cannot count votes so quickly in pandemic conditions.

In the 2016 local elections, he presented the final result in the middle of the week after the elections.

It may not work this time. In any case, we will be ready on March 24th. Then the electoral committee meets. (Georg Leppert)