Dismissal of an election review complaint without reasons

BVerfG 2 BvC 40/14Bverfg / Division 2Mar 14, 2016Dismissed

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Omnilex summary

The Federal Constitutional Court rejected the election review complaint in accordance with the reasons already stated in the reporting judge's letter of 3 February 2016 and, relying on § 24 sentence 2 BVerfGG, abstained from giving further reasons.

Omnilex headnote

§ 24 S. 2 BVerfGG; dismissal of an election review complaint without further reasons. The Federal Constitutional Court may reject a complaint summarily where it lacks prospects of success and, pursuant to § 24 sentence 2 BVerfGG, dispense with a further statement of reasons. The decision contains no substantive elaboration beyond reference to the reporting judge's prior communication.

Full text

BVerfG — 2 BvC 40/14, Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2016-03-14

Aktenzeichen: 2 BvC 40/14

ECLI: ECLI:DE:BVerfG:2016:cs20160314.2bvc004014

Dokumenttyp: Beschluss

Normen: § 24 S 2 BVerfGG, § 48 BVerfGG

Spruchkörper: 2. Senat

Titelzeile

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

Gründe

1 Der Wahlprüfungsbeschwerde bleibt aus den im Schreiben des Berichterstatters vom 3. Februar 2016 genannten Gründen der Erfolg versagt. Gemäß § 24 Satz 2 BVerfGG wird von einer weiteren Begründung abgesehen.

Keywords

election reviewdismissalno reasonsconstitutional courtadmissibility

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Key legal question

Whether the election review complaint should be admitted and succeed.

Extracted holding

The complaint was rejected; the Court did not provide additional reasons beyond those stated in the reporting judge's letter.

Extracted reasoning

Under § 24 sentence 2 BVerfGG, the Court may refrain from giving further reasons when dismissing the complaint.

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