Why vote
The municipal council decides on the school, the roads, the pavements, the playgrounds, waste collection and where building is allowed. These are the only elections that decide the things right outside your door.
The whole council is decided by a few hundred votes. At the last election a few dozen votes separated the candidates who got in from those who did not. A single vote from a household makes a difference here.
If you are happy with how the municipality is run, that is no accident – it is the result of concrete decisions. If you stay at home, you let other people make them for you. Across Czechia, every second person does exactly that.
- Friday9 October 2026
- 14:00–22:00
- Saturday10 October 2026
- 8:00–14:00
Where to vote
- Vysoký Újezd – municipal office, Tyršova náves 113
- Kozolupy – K Americe 26
- Kuchař – Ke Hřišti 6
Bring your ID card or passport. Ballot papers are delivered to your letterbox; spare ones are available at the polling station. In municipal elections you cannot vote on a voter's card – only in the place where you are permanently resident.
How to mark the ballot
You have 9 votes (one for every councillor to be elected). All the lists are printed on a single ballot paper.
- One cross next to ŽIJME SPOLEČNĚ (no. 2) – all 9 votes go to our team. The simplest way, and the strongest for us.
- Crosses next to individual names across the lists, up to 9 in all.
- A cross next to one list plus individual names from other lists – every such name takes one vote away from the bottom of the list you crossed.
A ballot is invalid if you cross more than one list, or mark more than 9 names. Circles do not count.
Can I vote?
I have EU citizenship
Yes. You have the right to vote in municipal elections in the Czech Republic. Before you can vote, however, you must ask to be entered in what is known as the addendum to the voter list.
I have non-EU citizenship (including British)
No. You do not have the right to vote in municipal elections in the Czech Republic.
I have non-EU citizenship and Czech citizenship
Yes. Czech citizens can vote and stand in every election.
I have non-EU citizenship and citizenship of another EU member state
Yes. Citizens of another member state who have permanent or registered temporary residence in the Czech Republic can vote in municipal elections, provided they ask to be entered in the addendum to the voter list.
If you were entered in the addendum to the voter list for an earlier municipal election, or in the voter list for European Parliament elections, and the municipal office where you live knows about your dual citizenship, you need do nothing: you can vote again in the same type of election as before. You can check your entry at your municipal office. If the municipal office where you live does not know about your dual citizenship, you have to apply to be entered again.
You have the right to vote if: you are an EU citizen; you turn 18 by the second polling day at the latest; and you have permanent or registered temporary residence in the Czech Republic on polling day. If all of this applies to you, you must apply to be entered in the addendum to the voter list.
You can apply at any time, but no later than two days before the first polling day (that is, by 4 p.m. on Wednesday 7 October).
Official information: municipal office – polling districts, Ministry of the Interior.
Applying to be entered in the addendum to the voter list
You can apply in person or in writing. The municipal office can give you the application form, and the Ministry of the Interior's information for foreigners explains the procedure.
If you apply in person, you must prove your identity, your citizenship of an EU state and your residence in the Czech Republic. Identity and citizenship are usually proved with a valid ID card or a travel document from your country of origin; residence with a certificate of permanent residence of a citizen of the European Union, or a certificate of temporary residence in the Czech Republic (a registration certificate).
If you apply in writing, you can send your application to the municipal office through its data box (ID: 9ftap3g) or by email to obecvu@obecvu.cz with a recognised electronic signature. State at least your first name, surname and date of birth, and, so that you can be identified, your address of residence in the Czech Republic. The office can verify the remaining details in the register of foreign nationals.
If the municipal office finds that you do not meet all the conditions, it will tell you so in writing.
Every voter can check at the municipal office at any time that they are on the voter list. If they find a mistake, they can ask for their details to be corrected or completed. The office must either do so within 48 hours or explain in writing why it cannot. Every voter can also take the matter to the regional court if they find errors or omissions in their own entry in the voter list.
Further details are available on the Ministry of the Interior's website.