Has the reformed electoral law of Germany passed the reality test in the Bundestag election 2025? Join us for a discussion with former Constitutional Court Judge Peter Müller and Professor Stephan Bröchler, Elections Commissions for Berlin, on May 14 in Brühl. We will discuss lessons for electoral organization and for the electoral law itself.
More here: https://www.hsbund.de/DE/00_Home/1_Buehne/Forschung_WissenschaftsForum_20250514.html
The new research project “Redesigning Democratic Representation”, led by Friedrich von Borries and Sven T. Siefken, is launching a design competition for the ballot box. At the occasion of the general election to the Bundestag, designers are challenged to take stock of the ballot box used in their home electoral district and develop a model…
On July 30, the Constitutional Court of Germany made a decision on the contested reform of electoral law. Sven T. Siefken explains the new law and discusses the reform process in his analysis on the end of a never-ending story. This is the electoral law that will be applied in the upcoming 2025 Bundestag election….
The upcoming general elections will be the first application of the new electoral law of Germany that was reformed in 2023 and then changed by the Constitutional Court in 2024 in some details. In a new article, published in “German Politics & Society”, Sven T. Siefken analyzes the process of electoral reform and explains how…
The civil society organization „Gestaltungszentrale Politik“ has produced an excellent brief video explaining in under three minutes how the German electoral system works. Sven T. Siefken served as an advisor.
Wie wird der Bundestag gewählt? Daniel Hellmann und Sven T. Siefken (vom Institut für Parlamentarismusforschung und der Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung) stellen das Wahlrecht zum Deutschen Bundestag vor, so wie es nach der Reform im Jahr 2023 und der Entscheidung des Bundesverfassungsgerichtes vom 30.7.2024 gilt. Nach diesem neuen Wahlrecht findet die Bundestagswahl im…
The first reading of the reform bill for the electoral law of Germany has been debated in the Bundestag today. Sven T. Siefken discussed with “Die WELT” daily newspaper, if this new law may lead to deserted districts in the future. The complete article is here. In a separate interview, Siefken spoke about topic with…