US EditionHessian State Court Overturns Municipal Election Reform of Cdu and Spd
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By lifting the electoral reform of CDU and SPD, the Hessian State Court strengthens democracy on the ground.
With a new counting procedure, CDU and SPD wanted to make it more difficult for small parties to enter the municipal parliaments.Now the Hessian State Court has overturned the reform as unconstitutional.In March 2025, the government coalition from CDU and SPD wanted to change the counting procedure in municipal elections. Specifically, it was about how the votes of the voters were converted into mandates in parliament.So far, the Hare Niemeyer p…
In the dispute over the new counting procedure for the local elections in March, the Hessian state government has suffered a defeat. The State Court in Wiesbaden has declared the electoral reform to be not right.
Today, the Hessian State Court overturned the new counting procedure for the local elections on March 15. The judges thus agreed to the lawsuit of the FDP opposition in the Landtag. With the electoral reform, the black-red state government wanted to calculate the distribution of seats of the local parliaments differently than before. Thus, a fragmentation and one-person factions should be avoided. The liberals, however, saw themselves and other …
With a new counting procedure, CDU and SPD smallest parties wanted to make it difficult to enter municipal parliaments. Shortly before the municipal election in March, the Hessian State Court overturned the controversial reform.
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