Germany's Top Court Orders Partial Rerun of 2021 Election in Berlin

Germany's Federal Constitutional Court has ordered a partial rerun of the 2021 federal election in Berlin due to multiple errors in the vote count. The election will be repeated in 455 electoral districts and corresponding postal voting districts. The chaotic vote was marred by long queues, missing paper ballots, and loopholes that allowed ineligible minors and German nationals living outside Germany to vote. The state and municipal elections have already been annulled and rerun. The ruling does not affect the seats held by the struggling Left Party in Berlin, preventing it from falling below the 5% threshold in the national parliament.