Dismissal of an election review complaint without reasons

BVerfG 2 BvC 4/15Bverfg / Division 2Jul 20, 2016Dismissed

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Omnilex summary

The Federal Constitutional Court dismissed an election review complaint in written proceedings. It held that the complaint failed for the reasons already set out in the rapporteur’s letter of 5 April 2016 and, pursuant to § 26(3) sentence 3 EuWG in conjunction with § 24 sentence 2 BVerfGG, omitted any further reasoning.

Omnilex headnote

§ 26 Abs. 3 S. 3 EuWG; § 24 S. 2 BVerfGG; election review complaint may be dismissed without further reasons when the complaint is unsuccessful and the Court refers to reasons previously communicated by the rapporteur. The Court may dispense with a detailed statement of reasons if the statutory conditions for abbreviated reasoning are met (consid. 1).

Full text

BVerfG — 2 BvC 4/15, Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2016-07-20

Aktenzeichen: 2 BvC 4/15

ECLI: ECLI:DE:BVerfG:2016:cs20160720.2bvc000415

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Normen: § 24 S 2 BVerfGG, § 48 BVerfGG, § 26 Abs 3 S 3 EuWG

Spruchkörper: 2. Senat

Titelzeile

Verwerfung (a-limine-Abweisung) einer Wahlprüfungsbeschwerde ohne weitere Begründung

Tenor

Die Wahlprüfungsbeschwerde wird verworfen.

Gründe

1 Der Wahlprüfungsbeschwerde bleibt aus den im Schreiben des Berichterstatters vom 5. April 2016 genannten Gründen der Erfolg versagt. Gemäß § 26 Abs. 3 Satz 3 EuWG in Verbindung mit § 24 Satz 2 BVerfGG wird von einer weiteren Begründung abgesehen.

Keywords

election reviewdismissalwritten proceedingsabbreviated reasoningconstitutional court

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Key legal question

Whether the election review complaint should be admitted and granted

Extracted holding

The complaint was dismissed as unfounded; the Court did not provide further reasons.

Extracted reasoning

The complaint remained unsuccessful for the reasons stated in the rapporteur’s letter of 5 April 2016. Under § 26(3) sentence 3 EuWG in conjunction with § 24 sentence 2 BVerfGG, the Court refrained from giving further reasons.

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