Dismissal of election complaint without further reasons

BVerfG 2 BvC 5/15Bverfg / Division 2Jun 22, 2016Dismissed

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Omnilex summary

The Second Senate of the Federal Constitutional Court dismissed an election complaint. It held that the complaint had no prospect of success for the reasons 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, gave no further reasons.

Omnilex headnote

§ 26 Abs. 3 S. 3 EuWG i.V.m. § 24 S. 2 BVerfGG; election complaint dismissed without further reasons where the complaint has no prospect of success. If the Court relies on the reasons communicated by the rapporteur and sees no need for additional explanation, it may forgo a full statement of reasons and summarily reject the complaint (cf. consid. 1).

Full text

BVerfG — 2 BvC 5/15, Beschluss

Entscheidungsdatum: 2016-06-22

Aktenzeichen: 2 BvC 5/15

ECLI: ECLI:DE:BVerfG:2016:cs20160622.2bvc000515

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 reviewsummary dismissallack of successno further reasonsconstitutional court

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Key legal question

Whether the election complaint was admissible and well-founded

Extracted holding

The complaint was rejected; the Court saw no basis for success and dispensed with further reasoning.

Extracted reasoning

The reasons stated in the rapporteur’s letter of 5 April 2016 did not justify the complaint's success. Under § 26(3) sentence 3 EuWG in conjunction with § 24 sentence 2 BVerfGG, no further reasons were given.

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