EVCIElection Voter-Confidence Index

Section 52(1) authorizes the Federal Ministry of the Interior to issue regulations (Bundeswahlordnung) covering candidate filing information (point 9) and ballot content/form (point 10), including 'Bekanntgabe der Wahlvorschläge' (publication of election proposals). However, this section merely DELEGATES authority to create such regulations rather than codifying statutory requirements itself. The criterion requires statutory definition of content and distribution of a voter pamphlet or analog. While the section creates a framework requiring such regulations to be issued, it does not specify: (a) whether a comprehensive voter information pamphlet is required; (b) what specific candidate information must be included; (c) distribution mechanisms and timing; or (d) multilingual requirements. The section satisfies the procedural clarity that rules must be codified, but the actual content requirements would exist in the implementing Bundeswahlordnung, not in this statutory language itself. Under the EVCI dual-scholar test, this represents partial satisfaction—the statute creates a mandate for procedural clarity but does not itself enumerate the specific ballot-information content requirements.

“9. Einreichung, Inhalt und Form der Wahlvorschläge sowie der dazugehörigen Unterlagen, über ihre Prüfung, die Beseitigung von Mängeln, ihre Zulassung, die Beschwerde gegen Entscheidungen des Kreiswahlausschusses und des Landeswahlausschusses sowie die Bekanntgabe der Wahlvorschläge, 10. Form und Inhalt des Stimmzettels und über den Stimmzettelumschlag”

No matching sections in corpus.

This section satisfies CAND.1 because it establishes a statutory requirement for public accessibility of candidate-filing information. Specifically, § 38 BWO mandates that (1) the district returning officer ('Kreiswahlleiter') makes approved district candidate proposals ('zugelassenen Kreiswahlvorschläge') publicly known ('öffentlich bekannt'); (2) the notice must contain specified candidate information including name, birth year, and residence; and (3) the Federal Returning Officer ('Bundeswahlleiter') is obligated to publish the content of these public notices throughout the electoral territory. This establishes both a public accessibility requirement and a publication mandate codified in statute. The section does not explicitly state a specific time window, but the language 'macht sie öffentlich bekannt' (makes them publicly known) and 'veröffentlicht' (publishes) combined with references to fixed procedural deadlines (Einreichungsfrist—filing deadline) and the context of election administration creates a defined procedural timeline. Candidate-filing information is statutorily required to be publicly accessible.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 48 BWahlG addresses the procedural mechanics of successor appointment when a candidate or elected member dies or withdraws. The provision establishes internal administrative notification procedures (the state electoral officer notifies the successor and requests confirmation within one week), but does not codify a public-notice procedure for informing voters of candidate disqualifications or withdrawals after ballot printing. The statute specifies successor determination criteria and internal notification requirements, but contains no requirement for statutory-mandated public communication about ballot changes or disqualifications to the electorate. The criterion requires codification of public-notice procedures, not merely internal administrative notification.

§ 20 BWO codifies notification timing (24 days before election) and requires public notice of voter roll inspection procedures, polling mechanisms, and a voter notification document (Wahlbenachrichtigung) by day 21. However, the statute does not explicitly require notification of election date, polling place location, or registration deadline in this section. The provision addresses procedural notices about voter roll access and ballot procedures rather than direct voter notification of the election itself. The election date is presumably set elsewhere in statute (as referenced by 'Bestimmung des Wahltages'), and polling place information is not explicitly mandated here. The dual-scholar test would find this partially satisfies the criterion: timing and content are codified for some notifications (voter roll access procedures, absentee ballot procedures), but not for core election information (date, polling place, registration deadline) which may be addressed in other statutory sections.

§ 52 subsection (1) item 4 establishes that the Bundeswahlordnung (Federal Election Ordinance) must contain provisions regarding 'the formation of polling districts and their public announcement' (Bildung der Wahlbezirke und ihre Bekanntmachung). This codifies a framework requiring public announcement of polling districts. However, the statute delegates the specific procedural details—including timing windows and individual notice requirements—to the Bundeswahlordnung rather than establishing them in the statute itself. The criterion requires both a statutory requirement AND a defined timeframe. While public announcement is mandated, the statute does not explicitly establish an individual notice requirement for polling-place changes between elections or specify a timeframe. The delegation to the ordinance satisfies the procedural-clarity framework partially: notification is codified as a procedural requirement, but the specific mechanism for individual voter notice and the defined timeframe are deferred to subordinate regulation. This represents partial satisfaction of the EVCI's procedural-clarity standard.