St. Gallen city council orders an investigation after election mishap
Published: Tuesday, Sep 24th 2024, 15:00
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The St. Gallen city council has ordered an external investigation following the electoral mishap in Sunday's city parliament elections. The president of the electoral office resigned from office, according to a press release on Tuesday.
The St. Gallen City Council wants to improve plausibility checks and validation processes in the city's electoral office. An external investigation into last Sunday's election mishap is to identify appropriate measures. The aim is to minimize risks when determining election results in the future.
In addition, the president of the voting office has resigned from office, the press release continued. The City Council takes note of the decision of legal advisor Andreas Vögeli with great regret.
Five seats incorrectly allocated
Errors occurred when the results were calculated on Sunday. According to the press release, these occurred during the manual recording of the number of unchanged ballot papers for FDP lists. Five seats were incorrectly allocated as a result. The originally communicated gain of four additional seats for the FDP became the loss of one seat for the Free Democrats following the correction of the counting error.
On Monday evening, the city of St. Gallen corrected the distribution of seats in the city parliament announced on Sunday after the renewal elections. The error was discovered on Monday morning by the president of the voting office and the secretary of the voting office.
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