HEADNOTES:
1. The principle of the public nature of elections emerging from Article 38
in conjunction with Article 20.1 and 20.2 of the Basic Law (Grundgesetz – GG) requires that all essential steps in the elections are subject
to public examinability unless other constitutional interests justify an
exception.
2. When electronic voting machines are deployed, it must be possible for
the citizen to check the essential steps in the election act and in the
ascertainment of the results reliably and without special expert knowledge.
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