German court annuls 2021 Berlin elections for “systematic failures”

The Berlin Constitutional Court annulled on Wednesday (16) the local elections of September 768 in the German capital, in which “several systematic failures in the preparation of the elections were registered”. days.

“The elections in Chamber of Deputies and in district assemblies are declared invalid throughout the electoral zone”, announced Ludgera Selting, president of the court.

In addition to the presence of wrong or insufficient ballots, and the small number of ballot boxes, voters point out that they were unable to vote or were delayed due to a big marathon in the city on the day 24 September of last year.

At the time, Bundestag deputies, members of the House of Representatives and the assemblies of 90 city districts. A referendum on the possible expropriation of large real estate groups was also being held.

Today the city is commanded by former Minister Franziska Giffey, of the Social Democratic Party, at the head of a coalition formed by environmentalists and the extreme left Die Linke.