Armin Laschet Christian Union parties candidate for Chancellery and Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia casts his votes for the German parliament election in Aachen, Germany, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. On Sept. 26, 2021 about 60.4 million people in the nation of 83 million are eligible to elect the new Bundestag, or lower house of parliament, which will elect the next head of government. (Thilo Schmuelgen/Pool via AP)