Summary dismissal of an election review complaint

BVerfG 2 BvC 56/14Bverfg / Division 2Apr 4, 2016Dismissed

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Omnilex summary

The Federal Constitutional Court dismissed an election review complaint. It held that the complaint had no prospect of success for the reasons stated in the rapporteur’s letter of 15 February 2016 and, under § 24 sentence 2 BVerfGG, refrained from giving further reasons.

Omnilex headnote

§ 24 S. 2 BVerfGG; a-limine dismissal of an election review complaint without further reasons: Where a constitutional election complaint is manifestly unsuccessful, the Court may reject it by order and dispense with a reasoned opinion. The reference to the reasons communicated by the rapporteur suffices; no additional substantive examination is set out in the order.

Full text

BVerfG — 2 BvC 56/14, Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2016-04-04

Aktenzeichen: 2 BvC 56/14

ECLI: ECLI:DE:BVerfG:2016:cs20160404.2bvc005614

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 15. Februar 2016 genannten Gründen der Erfolg versagt. Gemäß § 24 Satz 2 BVerfGG wird von einer weiteren Begründung abgesehen.

Keywords

election reviewsummary dismissalconstitutional courtunreasoned decisionadmissibility

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Key legal question

Whether the election review complaint was admissible and well-founded

Extracted holding

The complaint was dismissed; the Court found no success for the complaint and provided no further reasoning.

Extracted reasoning

The Court referred to the reasons stated in the rapporteur’s letter of 15 February 2016 and, pursuant to § 24 sentence 2 BVerfGG, omitted any additional reasoning.

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