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The deputy speaker of the parliament in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg resigned on Friday after admitting he had drawn a swastika on a ballot paper next to the name of a far-right AfD lawmaker.
Center-left Social Democrat politician Daniel Born made the transgression during a vote involving two Alternative for Germany (AfD) lawmakers.
What do we know about the resignation?
In a statement, the Born said he had made a "serious mistake" and a "momentary lapse."
The incident happened during Thursday's election of deputy members to the cross-border Upper Rhine Council, a consultative body.
Two AfD lawmakers were on the ballot. A swastika was found on one of the ballots next to the name of AfD candidate Bernhard Eisenhut.
