But Germany’s voting system is notoriously complex, making it difficult for many to digest the results as they roll in on election night.

The academic, who grew up in Hamburg, thinks the voting system has to be brought into the 21st century. ... And it still hasn't arrived in the German voting office,” Ernst told Euronews.

How the German electoral system works. System mixes ‘winner-takes-all’ approach with the proportional representation system. Last updated: September 15, 2018 | 18:47. AFP. 3 MIN READ.

BERLIN — Each of Germany’s nearly 62 million eligible voters gets to make two crosses on the ballot paper in Sunday’s parliamentary election – one for a directly elected representative and ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s governing parties have proposed a reform to the country’s electoral system to prevent its parliament, already one of the world’s biggest, from expanding further.

How does the German electoral system work? Around 61 million people aged 18 and over are eligible to vote in Germany's federal (general) elections.

Germany's voting system is set up in such a way that these politicians would have to break that promise in order for this government's citizenship and immigration reforms to be repealed.

Germany’s complex election system mixes the "winner-takes-all" approach of Britain and the United States with the proportional representation system that allows for more small parties.

In midst of scandals hinting a Russian interference in the US election, a cybersecurity collective warns Germany's voting system is vulnerable too.

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Germany's electoral system, which allows only parties that win a minimum 5% of the popular vote to take seats in parliament, was drawn up after World War Two to prevent parliamentary ...