The Federal Constitutional Court decides where in the capital the chaotic federal election in 2021 must be repeated. Today’s returning officer explains how the glitches could have happened.
In hindsight, people talked a lot about the Berlin marathon. And about the question of how on earth people in the capital could have had the grotesque idea of putting a major sporting event on September 26th, 2021. So on the day of the federal elections, the Berlin elections and the referendum on the expropriation of real estate companies. A bit much at once metropolis not exactly famous for its organizational skills. But if you understand Stephan Bröchler correctly, two things were to blame for the undemocratically long queues in front of the polling booths: Misunderstood tradition and a misunderstanding.