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Hamdi Kayisi is not a German citizen and was therefore not allowed to vote in the election. He demonstrated seven times in the four weeks before the election.
Hamdi Kayisi spent the evening of September 7th all alone in his office, out in the industrial port outside Magdeburg. He worked on election Sunday. He wasn't allowed to vote anyway, without a German passport. Just demonstrate, as he says, a total of seven times in the four weeks before the election. When Kayisi was doing a few calculations that evening while the television was on and the AfD's record result was showing, he called his colleagues who had not taken part in the demonstration to tell them: "It's because of you that they reached 44 percent."

The Hanover public prosecutor's office is investigating Berlin's SPD top candidate Steffen Krach on initial suspicion of accepting benefits in two cases and possible anti-competitive agreements in violation of trade secrets. Searches took place on Wednesday in Krach's offices in Hanover, his apartment in Berlin-Schöneberg and the SPD state party headquarters in Berlin-Wedding. Krach rejects the allegations as baseless and emphasizes that he never personally accepted money or donations as SPD chairman. The investigation takes place in the middle of the Berlin election campaign before the House of Representatives election on September 20th.

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Trump's attempt to redraw electoral districts in Missouri to favor Republicans, starting mail-in voting under old boundaries and becoming potentially chaotic, while similar conflicts in other states threaten the congressional majority.

One comment criticizes the call for a ban on the AfD as politically motivated and counterproductive, as it would rather benefit the party.
Berlin SPD leading candidate Steffen Krach has received support from party leader Lars Klingbeil, while the Hanover public prosecutor's office has been investigating him since September 3 for possible corruption in connection with the sale of a hospital property. Krach rejects accusations of enrichment and emphasizes his innocence.
The author argues that strengthening Europe is the best antidote to the rise of national parties like the AfD, but criticizes the loss of faith in more Europe among top politicians.

US President Donald Trump announced that he would pay $5,000 to every voter if Republicans hold the majority in the Senate and House of Representatives after the midterm elections. He said this at the party conference in Dallas. Additionally, he planned to rename the Strait of Hormuz “Trump Strait” after a victory against Iran. Political scientist Christian Lammert criticized the promise as possible illegal vote buying. It was also announced that the “Trump Watch” format will appear twice a week as an audio and video podcast.