Election Review Complaint: Dismissal Without Reasoning Under § 24 Sentence 2 BVerfGG Due to Manifest Lack of Success

The Federal Constitutional Court dismissed the election review complaint as unfounded without providing further reasoning, leaving the election results in force. The dispute concerned a challenge to the validity of an election, filed as an election review complaint under the jurisdiction of the Second Senate. Relying on the grounds set forth in the rapporteur’s letter of April 14, 2016, the court applied § 24(2) of the Law on the Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfGG) to the summary procedure, which permits the dismissal of a complaint and the omission of a detailed written justification if the complaint is manifestly unsuccessful.