Integrierte Stichwahl von Bürgermeistern und Landräten in Brandenburg (Stefan Lenz)

»Instant Runoff Voting in Elections for Mayor and District Administrator in Brandenburg«: The author examines, starting from foreign models, whether the legislature in Brandenburg may introduce instant runoff-voting for elections of mayors and district administrators. Such an electoral reform is compatible with the Basic Law and the Brandenburg constitution. Instant runoff-voting may be applied alongside other voting systems on the same day. However, a law empowering each municipality in Brandenburg to decide for itself whether its mayor or district administrator is elected in two rounds or via instant runoff voting is unconstitutional as a rule.

Law studies in Münster (Germany) and Sheffield (UK); First Exam in Law 2015; Research assistant at the Chair of Public Law and Public Administration (Prof. Dr. J. Oebbecke) and at the Chair of Public Law and Constitutional Theory (Prof. Dr. O. Lepsius) in Münster; Doctorate in Law in 2019 ibid.; Konrad Adenauer Foundation Scholar and German National Academic Foundation Scholar; Practical legal training in the District of the Higher Regional Court of Hamm (Germany); Second State Exam in Law in 2021; Lawyer 2022; Desk Officer in the Legal Research Service of the Landtag Brandenburg 2022-2025; Deputy Head of Unit in the Administration of the Landtag Nordrhein-Westfalen since 2026.

Buch (Paperback), Deutsch, 166 Seiten