US EditionGerman Mayor Investigated Over Alleged Postal Vote Manipulation
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After the forgery of electoral documents, the mayor of Wülfershausen resigned on the Saale in Lower Franconia.
The First Mayor in the Bavarian Wülfershausen an der Saale had just been recently confirmed in office. Now he resigns: He has admitted to having forged postal ballots. According to the prosecutor's office Schweinfurt, the CSU politician is said to have opened postal ballot documents and forged several ballot papers for the municipal council election, for the election to the First Mayor and for the Kreistag elections. Afterwards, he is said to ha…
The mayor of Wülfershausen an der Saale has admitted to having opened postal ballot papers and falsified ballot papers.
German Mayor Investigated Over Alleged Postal Vote Manipulation
Prosecutors in Germany have launched an investigation into CSU politician Wolfgang Seifert, mayor of Wülfershausen an der Saale, accused of manipulating postal ballots during the March 8th municipal elections in Lower Franconia. Seifert has admitted to altering voting documents in several local races. According to the Schweinfurt prosecutor’s office, Seifert is suspected of opening postal voting envelopes, falsifying ballots, and resealing them …
It is a serious suspicion: the mayor of Wülfershausen on the Saale is said to have falsified ballot papers. In an interrogation, according to the prosecutor's office, he has now granted manipulations.
An electoral scandal shakes a municipality in Bavaria: after the election on 8 March, the mayor was confirmed in office – now the winner makes a confession.
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