Federal Returning Office
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The Federal Returning Office is the central German authority responsible for organizing, overseeing, and certifying the official results of federal elections.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Federal Returning Office canonical | 1 |
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
election authority
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federal authority ⓘ |
| abbreviation | BWL NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| headedBy | Federal Returning Officer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal elections in Germany ⓘ |
| language | German ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Federal Elections Act of Germany
NERFINISHED
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Federal Electoral Regulations of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Germany
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Hesse ⓘ |
| officeHolderRole | Federal Returning Officer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| officeHolderTypicallyIs | President of the Federal Statistical Office of Germany ⓘ |
| officialName | Bundeswahlleiter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | federal electoral administration of Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibility |
certification of official federal election results
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collection of official election data from constituencies ⓘ conduct of elections of German members of the European Parliament ⓘ conduct of elections to the German Bundestag ⓘ coordination with state returning officers ⓘ ensuring uniform application of federal electoral law ⓘ handling of objections related to federal election results at administrative level ⓘ information to the public on federal electoral procedures ⓘ maintenance of constituency-level election records ⓘ management of federal election documentation ⓘ organization of federal elections ⓘ oversight of federal elections ⓘ preparation of federal election statistics ⓘ publication of official federal election results ⓘ registration of parties for participation in federal elections ⓘ support for implementation of postal voting at federal level ⓘ support of the Bundestag in matters of electoral law application ⓘ support of the Federal Electoral Committee ⓘ technical preparation of seat allocation for the Bundestag ⓘ verification of party status for federal elections ⓘ |
| seat | Wiesbaden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supervises | state returning officers in federal elections ⓘ |
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