Land Lists
(1) Land lists may only be submitted by political parties. They must bear the personal handwritten signatures of the members of the executive committee of the Land branch or, where Land branches do not exist, those of the members of the executive committees of the next lower regional branches that lie within the territory of the Land and, in the case of the parties specified in section 18 subsection (2), the personal handwritten signatures of one per thousand of the persons eligible to vote in the Land at the last Bundestag election, but of not more than 2,000 eligible voters. The signatories of a nomination of one of the parties specified in section 18 subsection (2) must be eligible to vote at the time they sign the nomination and proof of this must be furnished when the Land list is submitted. The requirement to present additional signatures does not apply to Land lists of parties representing national minorities.
(2) Land lists must contain the name of the party submitting the lists as well as any shortened form of the party name that the party may use.
(3) The names of the candidates must be listed in a recognisable order.
(4) A candidate may only be nominated in one Land, and in only one Land list in said Land. A candidate may only be nominated in a Land list if he or she has not been nominated pursuant to section 20 subsection (3). A person may only be nominated in a Land list if he or she has given his or her written consent to the nomination; such consent is irrevocable.
(5) Section 21 subsections (1), (3), (5) and (6) as well as sections 22 to 25 apply accordingly, provided that the affirmation in lieu of an oath to be given under section 21 subsection (6), second sentence, also covers an affirmation to the effect that the order of the names of the candidates in the Land list has been set by secret ballot.