Stock Photo - 20 December 2019, North Rhine-Westphalia, Münster: The judges Margarete Gräfin von Schwerin (l-r), president of the Higher Regional Court, Ricarda Brandt, president of the Constitutional Court, and Barbara Dauner-Lieb, professor at the University of Cologne, are standing in the courtroom in Münster before the NRW Constitutional Court pronounces its verdict in the dispute over the local run-off elections. 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