Overview
- Frankfurt’s election committee approved the citizen list for the March 15 municipal vote, placing it on the ballot alongside 21 other parties and groups.
- Prosecutors have launched an investigation into suspected attempted election fraud and document forgery connected to the list’s supporter signatures.
- Investigators conducted a search on Thursday at the home of trust person Rainer Schultz, with electronic devices and documents seized, according to accounts reported by local media.
- Election officials had identified four signatures matching deceased persons, but invalid entries are discounted rather than disqualifying a list that still has enough valid supporters.
- Officials emphasized that individual candidates can be struck for missing legal prerequisites without removing an entire list, as the group denounced the probe as politically motivated and prosecutors rejected that claim.