Local elections in NRW
Six dead AfD candidates: State Vice President opposes speculation
Before the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia, six AfD candidates died, which led to speculation. But there is nothing on the whine, as the AfD makes clear.
When six AfD politicians die before a local election, this automatically leads to speculation-and that is currently happening in North Rhine-Westphalia. A spokesman for the AfD confirmed the two recent deaths to the news portal “Politico”. Both AfD members were men and should have competed in reserve lists as candidates for local elections on September 14th in North Rhine-Westphalia. So six AfD candidates have already died in NRW.
Party boss Alice Weidel and Elon Musk fueled conspiracy theoretical rumors after the first four deaths. The AfD state vice-chief in North Rhine-Westphalia, Kay Gottschalk. In the “Berlin Playbook” podcast of “Politico” he said there was no reason yet assumptionthat it is not a coincidence. What he currently has at least confirms this suspicions at the moment. ” Nevertheless, one wanted to check the cases “without getting into a conspiracy theoretical fairway,” said the member of the Bundestag. “I always say that trust is good, control is better.” Gottschalk also confirmed that he personally knew one of the deceased and in this case had a previous illness.
Dead AfD candidates: no evidence of external debt
At the request of the dpa news agency, the police had already announced that it was after In no way gives the death of the first four AfD candidates to an external fault. A spokesman for the state election manager announced on request that candidates from other parties and voter associations also died after their list. A total of ten deaths were known by Monday, now the number increased to twelve.
Since the local elections in North Rhine -Westphalia are carried out by the respective municipalities on their own responsibility, there is no reporting obligation of such cases to the state election manager. Therefore, you don’t have a complete overview. However, there was no findings that the number of deaths would be significantly increased.
In view of the long period of time between the deployment of the applicants and the election, the Local Election Act provides for the possibility of by -election if an applicant dies before the election day. Such a by -election can also take place on the day of the actual local elections if the time process allows.
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Source: Stern
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