Questão jurídica principal
Whether the complaint was admissible despite no prior complaint to the cantonal government.
Decisão extraída
No. In federal voting matters, the cantonal government is the prior instance, and the appellant had to file a cantonal complaint within three days before seizing the Federal Supreme Court.
Fundamentação extraída
The Federal Supreme Court held that cantonal governments are the prior authority in federal voting-rights matters under Art. 88(1)(b) BGG. The appellant had not first pursued the mandatory cantonal remedy within the statutory three-day period under the Federal Act on Political Rights, so the filing was inadmissible and the Court could not enter into the complaint in simplified proceedings.