AfD candidate Justin Vogel fails with an urgent application against exclusion from local elections in Herzberg

Due to an innovation in Lower Saxony's local election law, applicants for full-time positions such as mayors and district administrators are intensively examined for constitutional compliance. If there are indications of a lack of compliance with the Basic Law, the electoral bodies involve the local authority supervisory authority, which can also include findings from the state Office for the Protection of the Constitution. The state association of the AfD in Lower Saxony was classified as definitely right-wing extremist by the state Office for the Protection of the Constitution in February.

• ?What specific evidence led to the exclusion of Justin Vogel?
• ?How is the test of constitutional fidelity carried out in practice?
• ?Will Justin Vogel lodge his complaint with the Lüneburg Higher Administrative Court?