柏林即将于2026年9月20日举行州选举，但该市约97.6万无德国国籍的成年人因公民身份限制而被挡在投票箱外1。这一数字自2011年以来已翻倍1。柏林总人口390万，无投票权人口占比相当可观1。为了提升外国居民投票权的认知，绿党米特区长Stefanie Remlinger组织了一场象征性选举，将于2026年9月初在米特区的15个投票站举行，持续两周1。
米特区作为柏林多元化程度较高的地区，人口36.5万，其中13.5万人无投票权，来自170个不同国家1。埃及软件开发商Abdu Taviq对这一现状表示不满，指出"我们是纳税人，但完全没有任何代表权，甚至在地方层面也没有"1。
扩大外国居民投票权的倡议在当前政治环境下面临重重阻力。德国极右翼反移民党派德国选择党（AfD）民调支持率约20%，在柏林排名第二1。尽管德国政府估计到2029年将短缺约44万名工人1，扩大投票权仍被广泛视为过度举措。现任总理Friedrich Merz领导的政府去年取消了前任Olaf Scholz引入的三年快速入籍选项，但保留了五年入籍选项1。2025年柏林约3.9万人入籍，较2024年增加1.7万人1。
Berlin will hold state elections on September 20, 2026, yet approximately 976,000 adult residents lack voting rights due to their non-German citizenship 1. This represents a significant portion of the city's 3.9 million population, and the number of disenfranchised residents has doubled since 2011 1. The exclusion persists despite Berlin's cosmopolitan character and mounting labor shortages across Germany, which is projected to face a deficit of approximately 440,000 workers by 2029 1.
Stefanie Remlinger, the Green Party district mayor of Mitte, has organized a symbolic election to raise awareness about voting rights for foreign residents 1. Running across 15 polling stations in Mitte district during the first two weeks of September 2026, the initiative highlights the political gap experienced by residents from more than 170 different nations 1. Mitte has 135,000 residents without voting rights out of a total population of 365,000 1. Expanding voting privileges to non-citizens remains politically contentious in Germany, where the far-right Alternative for Germany party (AfD) polls at approximately 20 percent support and ranks second in Berlin 1.
Abdu Taviq, an Egyptian software developer, articulated the frustration of disenfranchised residents, stating: "We are taxpayers, but have absolutely no representation whatsoever, not even at the local level" 1. While the federal government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz eliminated a three-year fast-track citizenship pathway introduced by his predecessor Olaf Scholz, a five-year naturalization option remains available 1. In 2025, approximately 39,000 people in Berlin acquired citizenship, an increase of 17,000 compared to 2024 1.
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