right to vote without age limit

contestation of federal elections | regestry in the voters list | constitutional complaint
information for the press | frequently asked questions | other texts

We, the KinderRÄchTsZÄnker, stand for the abolition of the age limit for voting. We believe there will be a lot of indirect consequences for the whole of society, when children are no longer denied the right to vote - towards more peacefulness and contentedness of all humans, not just children.

Here you can read our most important arguments and our answers to lots of frequently asked questions.

Additionally we publish the most important official documents and our information for the press here in the internet.

overview to information about the right to vote

general texts

• frequently asked questions (FAQ) and the answers by K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä.
• text "right to vote for children - without age limit" (15500 characters)
• short version of that text (3300 characters)
• supporters list
• quotation from Ekkehard von Braunmühl - children's rights advocate
• K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. meets with Bundestag vice-president Antje Vollmer in Bonn (press release)
  • correspondence between K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä. and Antje Vollmer
• text by Lore Maria Peschel-Gutzeit (justice ministress in Hamburg) in "Neue Juristische Wochenschrift" (New Judicial Weekly Paper)

contestation of 1998 federal elections

• press release on occasion of submitting a second constitutional complaint in Karlsruhe, 1999-11-29
• We need 100 signatures for a complaint at the Surpreme Court, 1999-09-30
  - the collecting has been succesful
• press release "Bundestag votes on right to vote for children", 1999-09-29
• recommendation by the scrutiny committee to the Bundestag for decision on scrutiny complaints
• press release "contestation of federal elections", 1998-11-25

registry in the voters list

• commentary by K.R.Ä.T.Z.Ä., 1998-09-14
• press release "legal action for children's right to vote newly rejected for formal reasons", 1998-09-14
• discussion at administrational court with subsequent rejection (judgement), 1998-09-14
• press release "children's right to vote in court", 1998-09-10
• press release "contestation of federeal elections anounced", 1998-08-27
• press release on occasion of submitting legal action to administrational court, 1998-02-12
• rejection of the objection, 1998-01-28
• legal justification of the objection, 1997-10-15
• objection, 1997-08-11
• rejection of the application for registry in the voters list, 1997-07-14
• application for registry in the voters list, 1997-05-04
• press release, 1996-08-23

press photos

constitutional complaint

• press release on occasion of the rejection, 1996-01-29
• federal constitutional court refuses to accept the complaint (judgement), 1996-01-08
• press release on occasion of submitting the constitutional complaint, 1995-08-23
• legal justification document of the constitutional complaint at federal constitutional court (Surpreme Court)
• legal justification, 1995-04-25

links to this subject

• Martin Wilke - Wahlkampf-Seite (Martin Wilke's election campaign)
• Stiftung für die Rechte der zukünftigen Generationen (foundation for the rights of future generations)
• ACS - Association for Children's Suffrage
• ASFAR - Americans for a Society Free from Age Restrictions
• Youthspeak