The state election in Saxony is overshadowed by attempted fraud in Dresden. According to the police, at least 100 ballot papers have been manipulated.
After the state election in Saxony, the police in Dresden have launched an investigation into manipulated ballot papers. According to the police, unknown persons had covered up the crosses on several postal ballot papers and instead marked the vote for the small, right-wing extremist party Free Saxony. Around 100 of them are currently believed to be fake. The State Security Department took over the investigation and reportedly seized two manipulated ballot papers. The “Sächsische Zeitung” had previously reported this.
According to the report, the manipulated ballot papers were discovered in two electoral districts. “We became aware of this suspicion in relation to electoral districts 36011 and 36012,” a spokesperson for the city of Dresden told the newspaper. The two electoral districts are located in Langebrück in the north of Dresden. In electoral district 36012, the Free Saxons did remarkably well. There they received 10.2 percent each with 59 direct votes and 60 list votes. Overall, the small party received 2.2 percent in the state election.
The Free Saxons are classified by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution as a right-wing extremist endeavor.
Source: Stern
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