German Insanity

First things first: Happy Mothers Day to those who celebrate it today!

My blip is the ballot paper for the community council vote we had today.
We had 71(!) votes to spread over the paper. I never got behind the secrets of accumulation and variegation. I'm glad that you can also make just one cross. But if you hate a candidate or the poor people who have to count the votes, have fun.
If you are not familiar with variegation and accumulation, have a look here: (Translated by google)
"The reason for such oversized ballot papers is the Hessian right to vote. This enables the accumulation and variegation of voices. In concrete terms, this means that the voters have as many votes as there are seats to be allocated. For the election of a community council with 71 seats, for example, there are 71 votes available, for the election of a local council with 11 seats there are correspondingly 11 votes.
The voters are allowed to split their votes among several people. You can also choose candidates from different parties. This is called variegation. In addition, voters can give individual candidates multiple votes at the same time. However, these are limited to a maximum of three votes per candidate. Accumulating two or three votes on a candidate is called accumulating.
Neither accumulation nor variegation is compulsory. It is also sufficient to make a simple list cross. Then all votes automatically benefit the ticked list and the candidates on it.
However, it is possible to cross out individual names in order not to give these candidates a vote. It is also possible to give only part of the votes to individual applicants. You can also tick an entire list so that the remaining votes do not expire."


Oh, you are still reading? Chapeau! And? Everything clear now? :-D