NIUS reported that there were already irregularities in the postal voting before the local elections in Lower Saxony on September 13. In Burgwedel, employees of the city administration opened official ballot envelopes. Initially, there were reports of 172 affected letters; now the regional election director of the Hanover region has stated that at least 3,087 envelopes in 14 of the 20 surrounding municipalities were opened prematurely. https://t.co/EBrWLpozTw #Kommunalwahlen #Niedersachsen #Wahlrecht (translated)