Cottbus Power Outage Disrupts Election Day Preparations, Resolved by Afternoon

A prolonged power outage in northern Cottbus affected heating and lighting in four polling stations, but voting proceeded without major disruptions.

A power outage began late Saturday night in northern Cottbus, impacting multiple neighborhoods and four polling stations on election day.
City officials and utility workers identified three causes of the outage, resolving two by afternoon while working to fix the third.
Warming measures, including blankets and hot beverages, were provided to election workers as heating systems were offline due to the outage.
Emergency lighting and notepads ensured voting could continue uninterrupted, with no reported impact on the election process.
By 5:00 PM, the power was restored in affected areas, with heating services partially reestablished earlier in the day.