2009 German Court Ruling
In 2009, the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany found that when using voting machines the "determination of the result can be examined by the citizen reliably and without any specialist knowledge of the subject." They further found the DRE-type voting machines used in parliamentary elections current German law permitted voting machines but was unconstitutional without further qualification. The decision does not ban electronic voting, but does implement a higher standard.
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