@article{2016:pautsch:das_wahlre,
title = {Das Wahlrecht der Auslandsdeutschen nach § 12 Abs. 2 BWG auf dem neuerlichen Prüfstand? Eine Analyse aus juristischer und verwaltungswissenschaftlicher Sicht},
year = {2016},
note = {In 1985, German expatriates were given the right to vote in
parliamentary elections . In 2012, the election law governing this
right was challenged before the German Constitu- tional Court, which
ruled that, among others, a mandatory residence within a certain time
span before the respective election was unconstitutional . Hence,
adaptions were necessary and subsequently became law . These laws need
to be subjected to another critical analysis with a focus on whether
expatriates can effectively exercise their right to vote . Postal
voting, the only way for expatriates to participate in elections,
contains several severe shortcomings, above all that timelines in the
election laws are not feasible for the postal services in reality and
that there is a lack of guarantees for a secret ballot . From the
authors’ perspective, poll- ing stations in German consulates could
be a possible remedy and, with software being able to comply with all
voting principles, even eVoting . [ZParl, vol . 47 (2016), no . 4, pp
. 851 - 866]},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {851--866},
author = {Pautsch, Arne and Müller-Török, Robert},
volume = {47},
number = {4}
}