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[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No. Point is that voting is "direct, free, equal and secret" -Art 38 GG (server is German)

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Dude what? That's a law regarding the Bundestag. lmao

[–] CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, thats actually regarding any official voting.

Plebiscite, elections of ANY kind (including stuff like Works council or "Sozial wahl"), * Referendum and even such silly things as Class representatives and Student Representatives. They are all falling under this law.

[–] DarkThoughts@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Die Abgeordneten des Deutschen Bundestages werden in allgemeiner, unmittelbarer, freier, gleicher und geheimer Wahl gewählt. Sie sind Vertreter des ganzen Volkes, an Aufträge und Weisungen nicht gebunden und nur ihrem Gewissen unterworfen.

Trifft aber nicht nur für die Abgeordneten des Bundestages zu...