Federal Court cancels election of Schaffhauser SP-Ständerat Stocker

Schaffhausen must vote again. The man who forced Thomas Minder out of the Council of States had the wrong place of residence.

At the time of the election, the Schaffhauser had his residence not in Schaffhausen, but in Zurich.

Schaffhaus's councilman Simon Stocker has to give up his office because of a controversy surrounding his residence. Critics accuse the highest court of passing the life reality of young families.

Media condemn Verdikt against Simon Stocker, a state councillor living in Zurich. Everything else would be a constitutional breach. The third violence, the judiciary, is decisive at the end. In the case of Simon Stocker, the Schaffhauser SP-Ständerat, the Federal Court has once again proven this today. The impartials lifted Stocker's surprising state council victory of 2023 against Abzocker's horror Thomas Minder. Previously, [...]

The Federal Court overrules the Schaffhaus authorities and declares: The election of the Schaffhauser state councilman Simon Stocker was not right. Stocker has to give up his office immediately. He reacts disappointed - and militantly.

The Socialist Simon Stocker did not meet the criteria of residence at the time of the election. A further election will have to be organised to fill the vacancy in the Council of StatesThe Federal Court cancels Simon Stocker's election to the Council of States for the canton of Schaffhouse. The Socialist was not domiciled in the canton at the time of the election. Schaffhouse must organize a new election.To remind you, Simon Stocker was elected …