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In cosmopolitan Berlin, elections still closed to foreigners
Sep 20, 2026, 2:11 AM CDT
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A quarter of Berlin residents will have no say in the German capital's city-state election because they lack citizenship. That's the highest proportion of residents excluded from the election yet, and many are unhappy.
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