Suspected election fraud in Saxony – 44-year-old searched | EUROtoday

Investigators have carried out searches in opposition to a 44-year-old man in Dresden on suspicion of electoral fraud following the state elections in Saxony. The suspicion in opposition to the person has been confirmed, the State Criminal Police Office and the Dresden Public Prosecutor's Office introduced on Friday. During the search within the Langebrück district, potential proof was seized. The suspicion of the crime has “become even stronger,” based on the authorities.

According to the knowledge, a complete of 154 postal ballots had been manipulated in two constituencies in Dresden-Langebrück within the native elections on June ninth. There had been additionally modifications within the state elections on September 1st: A complete of 126 ballots had been manipulated – 111 in Dresden constituencies, 14 in two electoral districts in Radeberg and one poll within the Dohna electoral district. In all instances, the manipulations had been in favor of the right-wing extremist occasion Free Saxony.

The state election committee additionally confirmed the ultimate official results of the state election on Friday. Regardless of the manipulated poll papers that surfaced after the election, the distribution of seats within the state parliament as decided on election evening stays the identical. The CDU will obtain 41 seats within the state parliament, the AfD 40 and the BSW 15. The SPD will obtain ten seats, the Greens seven and the Left six. The Free Voters are represented with one mandate.