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The day before were in Berlin the elections to the House of Representatives and to the District council meetings were repeated. The screenshot evokes this the impression that the tweet refers to the repeat election in 2023. ## Evaluation The screenshot is misleading. The tweet really exists. However This is the “Deutsche Welle” article linked by Lake an old report from November 2022. There is no evidence that the results of the repeat election in 2023 are invalid. ## Facts The tweet is real and can be found on Kari Lake's account. Post text and date match the screenshot. The preview image of the linked article is no longer displayed. Open the report the “Deutsche Welle”, the photo from the screenshot is used as the lead image see. It comes from a dpa photographer. The headline of the article is actually “Berlin state elections declared void». But the report is not current: as of publication date will be the 16th. November 2022 stated. The report highlights the content Court decision that led to the repeat election. Around the Results from February 12, 2023 are not possible. Because of election mishaps: Court ordered repeat On November 16, 2022, the State Constitutional Court ruled House of Representatives election in September 2021 and the district elections numerous electoral mishaps and “serious systemic deficiencies”. explained. It ordered a complete repeat. This was on February 12th Carried out in 2023. The CDU had the repeat election according to the provisional result with 28.2 percent clearly won. The SPD and the Greens both received 18.4 percent. The With 105 votes, the Social Democrats only have a razor-thin lead over the Greens. The Left got 12.2 percent in the election, the AfD got 9.1. The FDP flew out of parliament, which now has five parliamentary groups, with 4.6 percent. The exploratory talks to form a government have already begun. The The state election committee must now publish the official final result of the repeat election still formally determined. This is according to a statement from the state returning officer happened on February 27, 2023. So far there is no evidence that the Results of the repeat election are invalid. However, the repeat election did not go without a hitch: so we had to Berlin district of Lichtenberg 466 postal voting documents retroactively are added to the provisional result because they are in the mailroom had remained. There were also two more voting letters in one had landed in another district. Some users are also spreading rumors online about alleged “election fraud.” and cited broken seals on the ballot boxes as supposed evidence. As the dpa has already refuted in a fact check, according to the Berliner According to state election regulations, a ballot box must only be closed, but not sealed. US politician complained about her own election defeat That the US politician Kari Lake supports the Berlin court decision interested, but not wounded. Lake was in the wake of the US midterm elections (“Midterms”) in November 2022 as the Republican candidate for the Assumed governorship in the state of Arizona. Former President Donald's However, the Trump-backed candidate lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs - but did not acknowledge the defeat. Lake, who brought possible “voter fraud” into play even before the vote brought, therefore sued against the result. US politician's claims that around 250,000 voting attempts failed in Arizona, were subsequently refuted by US fact checkers. Like US media now reported that an appeals court has ruled on the challenge to the election in Arizona Lake recently rejected. But Lake announced on Twitter that she would I now want to take the case to the Arizona Supreme Court. (As of: February 21, 2023) ## Links Tweet Kari Lake from February 13, 2023 (archived) English “Deutsche Welle” report from November 16, 2022 (archived) Press release on the court decision of November 16, 2022 (archived) dpa background report on the repeat election (archived) Preliminary results of the repeat election on February 12, 2023 (archived) Press release from the state returning officer (archived) dpa report on the recount in Lichtenberg (archived) dpa fact check on broken seals on ballot boxes Tagesschau report on Lake's lawsuit (archived) USA Today fact check on the Lake claim (archived) CNN report on the dismissed lawsuit (archived) Court of Appeal on Lake v Hobbes (archived) Lake tweet from February 17, 2023 (archived) Facebook post with image (archived / screenshot) ### About dpa fact checks This fact check was carried out as part of the Facebook/Meta independent program Fact check created. Find detailed information about this program You here. 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The results of the 2023 Berlin state elections have been declared invalid