Stock Photo - 20 December 2019, North Rhine-Westphalia, Münster: Before the NRW Constitutional Court pronounces its verdict in the dispute over the local run-off elections, Sven Wolf (l, SPD) and Christian Dahm (SPD), both members of the NRW state parliament, shake hands in the Münster courtroom. Should mayors and state councillors in NRW generally be elected in just one ballot - or would a run-off vote be better in case of doubt? Black and yellow abolished the tie-breaking decision in April. SPD and Greens want to reintroduce it and have appealed to the Constitutional Court for examination. This now announces his decision. Photo: Guido Kirchner/dpa. - Münster/North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany