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Private political financing is protected by constitutional law . Private persons supporting political parties by donations, sponsoring or other financial instruments exercise their fundamental right to political participation . However, private political financing carries the risk of an excessive influence of financially strong citizens and companies potentially affecting democratic equality . The legislator resolves the tension between the conflicting constitutional interests not by a complete ban of donations to political parties, but by obligations of transparency and partial prohibitions of accepting donations . Nevertheless, due to the relatively high publicity limit and the non-consideration of alternative financing opportunities, such as sponsoring, there remain loopholes in the law on political parties enabling a circumvention of donation rules .

Electing the head of the government is a main issue of forming a government in a parliamentary system. This applies to the German Lander as well. Because there is no new government without a Prime Minister, his election shall be deemed to be the origin for a state government. Comparing the regulations of the election process in the Lander concerning timing at the beginning of the legislative term, requirements for the candidate, procedures, & the required majority shows similarities & differences. Likewise, the practice in the Lander unveils differences too, for example with regard to the exercise of the secret ballot. Hence this collection of data for all German Lander can be seen as a source for future electoral reforms & constitutional amendments. Adapted from the source document.