EVCIElection Voter-Confidence Index

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 79 of the NRWO addresses procedural rules for casting preference votes (Vorzugsstimmen) on the ballot itself—specifically how voters mark their choices for candidates on federal, state, and regional party lists. The section details valid marking methods and validity conditions for preference votes. It does not establish requirements for publishing a voter pamphlet, ballot-information pamphlet, or any analog document containing candidate and ballot-question information. The section is purely mechanical/procedural regarding ballot marking, not about information distribution or pamphlet content requirements. A statutory ballot-information pamphlet criterion requires codification of pamphlet publication, content enumeration, and distribution rules, none of which appear in this section.

No matching sections in corpus.

§ 106 Abs. 6 NRWO establishes a clear statutory requirement for public accessibility of candidate-filing documents (Bundeswahlvorschläge/federal electoral proposals). The statute codifies: (1) a defined timeline (no later than 44 days before the election), (2) a mandatory publication mechanism (official board of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and internet), and (3) specific content parameters (with certain personal data redacted). This satisfies the EVCI procedural clarity criterion for candidate-filing information because it prescribes statutory timing and mandates public accessibility through defined channels. The requirement is unambiguous and enforceable.

“Spätestens am vierundvierzigsten Tag vor dem Wahltag hat die Bundeswahlbehörde die Bundeswahlvorschläge abzuschließen und unter Weglassung von Geburtstagen, Geburtsmonaten, Geburtsorten, Straßennamen und Ordnungsnummern auf der Amtstafel des Bundesministeriums für Inneres sowie im Internet zu verlautbaren.”

§ 111 NRWO establishes statutory procedures for candidate withdrawals and removal from party lists (Streichung), and mandates public notice ('ortsüblich zu verlautbaren'—customary public announcement). However, the criterion specifically asks about disqualification or withdrawal AFTER the ballot is printed. This section addresses primarily pre-election procedures for filling vacancies and managing party list changes. While it codifies that streichung (removal) must be publicly announced and that appointed candidates' names must be announced, it does not explicitly address the narrow scenario of post-ballot-printing disqualifications and their public-notice procedures. The statutory framework exists for candidate changes generally, but the specific timing trigger (post-ballot) is not clearly articulated in this excerpt. The provision partially satisfies the criterion by establishing notice codification for candidate status changes, but incompletely addresses the post-ballot-printing scenario.

The statute codifies that election notices must be issued and published in municipalities via public posting (öffentlicher Anschlag), and that the notice must contain the election date. However, the statute does not specify timing requirements for when notices must be issued before the election, nor does it define content requirements beyond the election date itself (e.g., polling place locations, registration deadlines are not explicitly mandated in this section). The notification framework is partially established—the requirement and mechanism exist, but procedural clarity regarding advance notice timing and comprehensive content specification is incomplete.

§ 52(3) NRWO establishes a statutory requirement for public notification of polling place determinations ('Wahllokale') through customary local means ('ortsüblich') and posting at the polling location itself ('Anschlag am Gebäude des Wahllokals'), with a timing requirement of 'unverzüglich' (without undue delay) and a deadline of 28 days after the reference date per § 52(2). However, this section mandates PUBLIC notification rather than INDIVIDUAL notice to affected voters whose polling place may have changed. The statute codifies the notification rule and timing ('spätestens am achtundzwanzigsten Tag'), satisfying parts (a) of the procedural clarity framework, but does not explicitly require targeted individual notice to voters whose specific polling place assignment has changed between elections. The criterion specifically asks for 'individual notice,' which this general public notification approach does not directly address.

“Die getroffenen Verfügungen sind von der Gemeinde unverzüglich ortsüblich, jedenfalls aber auch durch Anschlag am Gebäude des Wahllokals kundzumachen.”