The authors of the petition appeal to the constitution to deprive Höcke of his active and passive right to vote. They refer to an article that states that such rights can be forfeited by extremists when they abuse them to “fight against the free democratic basic order.” They want to present the collected signatures to parliamentarians of the Bundestag on Thursday, in the hope that they will go to the Constitutional Court. That should decide whether Höcke can participate in elections.
1.6 million Germans sign petition for deprivation of voting rights of far-right AfD leader | Abroad
