The Greens believe that members of the state parliament must be given the opportunity to vote no in the election of the Saxon Minister President. The Green parliamentary group plans to submit a corresponding motion before the vote on Wednesday, announced Valentin Lippmann, Parliamentary Secretary of the parliamentary group.
In November, the Greens commissioned Fabian Michl, junior professor at the University of Leipzig, with a legal opinion, as Lippmann said. Michl came to the conclusion that no-votes must be allowed for more than one candidate.
This is particularly relevant in the second round of voting, as an absolute majority of 61 votes is no longer required, but only a simple majority, i.e. the most votes cast - without abstentions. "If I don't allow no votes, the following happens: MPs who don't want to vote for any of the two or three candidates have to abstain," explained Michl. However, as abstentions are not counted, these MPs would not be able to express that they do not want to vote for any of the candidates.
