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    <p>Hallo in die Runde,</p>
    <p>der Landesverband hat heute folgende Pressemitteilung nach seiner
      Landespressekonmferenz versendet: <br>
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style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt">Mehr
        Demokratie e.V.</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt">Landesverband
        Nordrhein-Westfalen</span></p>
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style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-font-kerning:
0pt">Pressemitteilung</span></p>
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style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;mso-font-kerning:
0pt">23.10.2024</span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> </span></span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Mehr Demokratie
          veröffentlicht
          Bericht zu 30 Jahre Bürgerbegehren und Bürgerentscheide in
          NRW: Direkte
          Demokratie in den Kommunen ist eine Erfolgsgeschichte, es
          braucht aber dringend
          Reformen </span></span><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"></span></b></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s3"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> </span></b></span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s3"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;font-style:normal">+++ Fast
            1000
            Bürgerbegehren und über 300 Bürgerentscheide in 30 Jahren <br>
          </span></b></span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s3"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;font-style:normal"><br>
          </span></b></span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s3"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;font-style:normal">+++
            Auswertung
            zeigt: Automatische Zusendung der Abstimmungsunterlagen
            erhöht die Beteiligung
            deutlich. Das wäre auch ein Vorbild für Wahlen <br>
          </span></b></span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s3"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;font-style:normal"><br>
          </span></b></span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s3"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;font-style:normal">+++
            Hohes
            Quorum sorgt dafür, dass in keinem Bundesland so viele
            Bürgerentscheide an
            Zulässigkeit scheitern wie in Nordrhein-Westfalen</span></b></span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s3"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;font-style:normal"><br>
          </span></b></span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s3"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1;font-style:normal">+++ Mehr
            Demokratie macht 6 Reformvorschläge für Weiterentwicklung
            der kommunalen
            direkten Demokratie </span></b></span></p>
    <p class="p1"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> </span></b></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s2"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Nordrhein-Westfalen blickt
            auf 30
            Jahre Bürgerbeteiligung durch Bürgerbegehren und
            Bürgerentscheide zurück. Der
            heute von Mehr Demokratie e.V. in Köln veröffentlichte
            Bericht stellt die
            Entwicklung der kommunalen direkten Demokratie in NRW dar
            und zeigt sechs
            konkrete Reformvorschläge auf. „Bürgerbegehren und
            Bürgerentscheide sind eine
            Erfolgsgeschichte in NRW und werden rege genutzt. Das
            30-jährige Jubiläum ist
            aber auch Anlass für Verbesserungen! Denn zu viele Verfahren
            scheitern an
            überholten Regelungen.“, so Achim Wölfel,
            NRW-Landesgeschäftsführer von Mehr
            Demokratie. </span></b></span><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"></span></b></p>
    <p class="p2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> </span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s2"><b><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Seit der Einführung im
            Jahr 1994
            wurden insgesamt 994 Verfahren eingeleitet, von denen 303 in
            einen
            Bürgerentscheid mündeten. </span></b></span><span
        class="s2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;
color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Im Durchschnitt wurden jährlich 33
          Verfahren
          neu eingeleitet, davon gelangten 10 pro Jahr zur Abstimmung.
          Besonders häufig
          wurden diese Verfahren in großen Städten wie Bonn, Essen und
          Bielefeld
          initiiert. Die Themenschwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen der
          öffentlichen
          Sozial- und Bildungseinrichtungen (z.B. Schulstandorte), der
          öffentlichen
          Infrastruktur- und Versorgungseinrichtungen (z.B.
          Rathausneubau) und
          Verkehrsprojekte (z.B. Radentscheide).</span></span><span
style="font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;
mso-themecolor:text1"></span></p>
    <p class="p2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> </span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Eine zentrale Forderung
          von Mehr
          Demokratie ist die automatische Zusendung der
          Abstimmungsunterlagen an alle
          Bürger bei einem Bürgerentscheid. „Unsere Auswertung hat
          gezeigt, dass die
          automatische Zusendung die Abstimmungsbeteiligung deutlich
          erhöht. Gleichzeitig
          sparen Kommunen Kosten bei der Organisation. Es ist eine
          klassische
          Win-Win-Situation!“, betont Wölfel. Rund 10 Kommunen in NRW
          haben die
          automatische Zusendung der Abstimmungsunterlagen schon
          eingeführt, dort stieg
          die Beteiligung signifikant. So lag die durchschnittliche
          Wahlbeteiligung mit
          der automatischen Zusendung zwischen 2020 und 2023 bei 45,2
          Prozent und ohne
          bei lediglich 31,6 Prozent.</span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"></span></p>
    <p class="p2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> </span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Weiterhin sollte aus Sicht
          von
          Mehr Demokratie unbedingt das sogenannten Zustimmungsquorum
          gestrichen werden. 122
          Bürgerentscheide (rund 40 Prozent) scheiterten daran. In
          keinem Bundesland
          scheitern so viele Bürgerentscheide an dieser Hürde wie in
          NRW. Aufgrund der
          Gemeindestruktur in NRW mit seinen vielen großen Städten sei
          das
          Zustimmungsquorum laut Wölfel völlig ungeeignet und erzeuge
          lediglich Frust in
          der Bevölkerung. Das Zustimmungsquorum besagt, dass ein
          bestimmter Anteil aller
          Stimmberechtigten für oder gegen das Begehren entscheiden
          muss. Je nach
          Gemeinde sind das zwischen zehn und 20 Prozent. </span></span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> </span></span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">6 Reformvorschläge zur
          Weiterentwicklung von Bürgerbegehren und Bürgerentscheiden: </span></span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> </span></span></p>
    <p class="p1"
style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"><span
          style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
            style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
          </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Abschaffung bzw. Absenkung
        des
        Zustimmungsquorums </span></p>
    <p class="p1"
style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"><span
          style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
            style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
          </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Automatische Zusendung der
        Abstimmungsunterlagen</span></p>
    <p class="p1"
style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"><span
          style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
            style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
          </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Verlängerung der Fristen
        für
        Korrekturbegehren </span></p>
    <p class="p1"
style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"><span
          style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
            style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
          </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Reform der Kostenschätzung</span></p>
    <p class="p1"
style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"><span
          style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
            style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
          </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Einführung der digitalen
        Unterschriftensammlung </span></p>
    <p class="p1"
style="margin-left:36.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Symbol;mso-fareast-font-family:Symbol;
mso-bidi-font-family:Symbol;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"><span
          style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span
            style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">     
          </span></span></span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Zentrale Beratungsstelle
        für
        Bürgerbegehren </span></p>
    <p class="p2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1"> </span></p>
    <p class="p1"><span class="s2"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-theme-font:
minor-latin;color:black;mso-themecolor:text1">Von den 994 eingeleiteten
          Verfahren waren 959 Bürgerbegehren, die durch die Bürger
          selbst initiiert
          wurden, und 35 sogenannte Ratsreferenden, die durch den
          Gemeinderat eingeleitet
          wurden. Rund 30 Prozent der Verfahren führten zu einem
          erfolgreichen Ergebnis
          im Sinne der Initiatoren. 293 Verfahren (rund 30 Prozent) der
          Bürgerbegehren
          wurden für unzulässig erklärt.</span></span></p>
    <p class="p1"> </p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt"> </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt"> </span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt">Weiterführende
        Informationen:</span></p>
    <p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;color:black;mso-font-kerning:0pt"> </span></p>
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        Jahre
        Bürgerbegehren in NRW – Bericht: <a
href="https://nrw.mehr-demokratie.de/fileadmin/user_upload/NW/2024/241021_BBB-NRW_web.pdf"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin">https://nrw.mehr-demokratie.de/fileadmin/user_upload/NW/2024/241021_BBB-NRW_web.pdf</span></a>
      </span></p>
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        und Ansprechpartner für Rückfragen:</span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
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        Mindermann, Pressesprecher Mehr Demokratie NRW.</span></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
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        0221
        66 665 10</span></p>
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        href="mailto:presse.nrw@mehr-demokratie.de"><span
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style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;
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        Demokratie e.V.</span></p>
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        Straße 4</span></p>
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        Berlin </span></p>
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Calibri;mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-font-kerning:0pt">https://www.mehr-demokratie.de</span></a><span
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    <p>Viele Grüße<br>
      Jens<br>
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    <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- 
Jens Mindermann (he/him)

Landesvorstand Rheinland-Pfalz
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit Landesverband NRW
Mehr Demokratie e.V.
Gürzenichstraße 21 A/C
50667 Köln

0221-66966510
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:jens.mindermann@mehr-demokratie.de">jens.mindermann@mehr-demokratie.de</a></pre>
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