Suspension of voting exclusions for fully legally incapacitated persons and irresponsible offenders in European Parliament elections.
Legislator-Zusammenfassung
KI-generiertThe Federal Constitutional Court issued an interim order compelling that Sections 6a(1) No. 2 and 3 and 6a(2) No. 1 in conjunction with 6a(1) No. 2 and 3 of the European Parliament Elections Act not be applied during the 2019 European Parliament elections, thereby prevailing in the challenge by applicants against the legislative provisions. The dispute concerned the eligibility of voters, specifically targeting the statutory disenfranchisement of individuals under full guardianship (Betreute in allen Angelegenheiten) and convicted offenders subjected to custodial commitment on grounds of irresponsibility (Schuldunfähigkeit), which the court ordered must be suspended for the entry into, and objections against, the voter rolls. The decisive legal basis was the court's power to issue interim measures to protect fundamental rights, specifically the constitutional right to participate in free and equal elections (Article 38(1) in conjunction with Article 38(1) of the German Basic Law and the European Parliament Elections Act), requiring the immediate non-application of the restrictive voting exclusion statutes to ensure the procedural integrity of the upcoming election.
Legislator-Regeste
KI-generiert§ 6a Absatz 1 Nummer 2 und 3 des Europawahlgesetzes; Suspension of voting exclusions for fully legally incapacitated persons and irresponsible offenders in European Parliament elections: 2 and 3 and 6a(2) No. 1 in conjunction with 6a(1) No. 2 and 3 of the European Parliament Elections Act not be applied during the 2019 European Parliament elections, thereby prevailing in the challenge by applicants against the legislative provisions. The dispute concerned the eligibility of voters, specifically targeting the statutory disenfranchisement of individuals under full guardianship (Betreute in allen Angelegenheiten) and convicted offenders subjected to custodial commitment on grounds of irresponsibility (Schuldunfähigkeit), which the court ordered must be suspended for the entry into, and objections against, the voter rolls. The decisive legal basis was the court's power to issue interim measures to protect fundamental rights, specifically the constitutional right to participate in free and equal elections (Article 38(1) in conjunction with Article 38(1) of the German Basic Law and the European Parliament Elections Act), requiring the immediate non-application of the restrictive voting exclusion statutes to ensure the procedural integrity of the upcoming election.
Schlagwörter
KI-generiertZitierte Gesetzesbestimmungen
KI-generiertVerwandte Entscheide
KI-generiertZentrale Rechtsfragen, extrahiert von Legislator
KI-generiertStatutory voting exclusion provisions suspended by the interim order to allow participation of specific groups in the 2019 European elections.
Related statutory exclusion provision suspended by the interim order to prevent disenfranchisement of the affected individuals.
Volltext
Erlass einer einstweiligen Anordnung: Keine Wahlrechtsausschlüsse für Betreute in allen Angelegenheiten und wegen Schuldunfähigkeit untergebrachte Straftäter bei der Europawahl - Bekanntgabe der Entscheidung ohne Begründung gem § 32 Abs 5 S 1 BVerfGG
[TENOR]
Bei Anträgen auf Eintragung in das Wählerverzeichnis (§§ 17, 17a Europawahlordnung) sowie bei Einsprüchen und Beschwerden gegen die Richtigkeit oder Vollständigkeit der Wählerverzeichnisse (§ 21 Europawahlordnung) für die neunte Wahl der Abgeordneten des Europäischen Parlaments am 26. Mai 2019 sind § 6a Absatz 1 Nummer 2 und 3 des Europawahlgesetzes und § 6a Absatz 2 Nummer 1 in Verbindung mit Absatz 1 Nummer 2 und 3 des Europawahlgesetzes nicht anzuwenden.