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Fourth AfD Candidate Dies Unexpectedly Ahead of Local Elections

Another candidate of the right-wing anti-immigration Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party has died unexpectedly ahead of the local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW), marking the fourth such case nationwide in recent months. As German outlet WDR reported, AfD’s direct candidate for the council in Blomberg, 66-year-old Ralph Lange, died on 28 August. His death automatically rendered invalid polling cards and postal ballot documents already sent out, putting pressure...