Election validity challenge rejected due to failure to rebut preliminary reporting judge’s objections

The Federal Constitutional Court dismissed the applicant’s election review complaint and denied the request for reimbursement of necessary expenses. The case concerned a constitutional complaint challenging the validity of an election, which was rejected as it failed to meet the substantive requirements for success; the Court held that the arguments presented by the applicant in response to a preliminary letter from the reporting judge did not warrant a different legal assessment. The decision relied on § 24 Sentence 2 of the Federal Constitutional Court Act (BVerfGG) to forego further detailed reasoning and on § 34a Paragraph 3 BVerfGG to deny cost compensation, as the statutory prerequisites for reimbursement were not fulfilled.