1924 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, No. 18, Pages 159-162 Law Relating to the Reich Election, 8 March 1924
Section 15
A leader of the constituency and a substitute are appointed for each constituency.
The lists of the constituency are to be presented to the leader of the constituency at the latest on the seventeenth day prior to the election.
The lists of the constituency are to be signed by at least twenty voters. The names of the candidates are to be arranged in an easily recognizable order of succession.
Only a person who has expressively agreed to it can be included in the election-list. The written agreement has to be presented to the leader of the constituency at the latest on the seventeenth day prior to the election-day; otherwise the name of the candidate will be taken off the list.
A candidate may be nominated only once for the single constituency.
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Section 17
Election lists for the Reich may be presented to the leader of the election for the Reich at the latest on the fourteenth day prior to the election. They are to be signed by at least twenty voters. The names of the candidates have to be arranged in an easily recognizable order of succession.
A person can be included in the election-list only after having expressed agreement to it. The written agreement has to be delivered to the office of the leader of the Reich-election at the latest on the fourteenth day prior to the election: otherwise the candidate will be taken off the list. One candidate may be nominated in one Reich-election-list only. Nomination in an election-list for the Reich does not exclude nomination in an election list of the constituency if the declaration pursuant to Section 19 applies to this election list for the Reich.
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Section 18
In each list of the constituency and Reich-election list a trustee and a substitute have to be designated who shall be authorized to make statements to the leader of the constituency and the election-committee, in the Reich-election-list to the leader of the Reich-election and the committee of the Reich-election. In the absence of such a designation the first signatory of the list is considered trustee and the second his substitute.
Section 19
Concerning the lists of the constituency the trustees or their substitutes may provide that remainder votes (insufficient number of votes to elect a candidate) of the constituencies are to be added to a Reich-election list. A statement to that effect has to be presented to the leader of the constituency at the latest on the eighth day prior to the election day. Otherwise these remainder votes cannot be counted for the Reich-election.
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Section 30
The number of seats of representatives assigned to each list of the constituency is such that one representative will be appointed for every 60,000 votes. Votes, the number of which is not sufficient for the assignment of one or another seat of representatives (remainder-votes) shall be turned over to the committee of the Reich-election to be used there.
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Section 33
The seats of representatives are distributed among the candidates according to their order of succession in the election-lists.
Promulgated, Berlin, March 6, 1924 by Reich Minister of the Interior, Dr. Jarres.
Extracts from a law on elections, voting, and the allocation of representatives
Authors
Karl Jarres (Dr., Minister of the Interior, 1924)
Karl Jarres
German politician (Liberal) (1874-1951)
- Born: 1874-09-21 (Remscheid)
- Died: 1951-10-20 (Duisburg)
- Country of citizenship: Germany
- Occupation: lawyer; politician
- Member of political party: German People's Party
- Member of: Burschenschaft Alemannia Bonn
- Position held: Reichsminister des Innern (period: 1923-11-11 through 1924-12-15; replaced by: Martin Schiele; replaces: Wilhelm Sollmann); mayor; member of the Prussian House of Lords
- Educated at: University of Bonn
Date: 06 March 1924
Literal Title: 1924 Reichsgesetzblatt . . . Law Relating to the Reich Election
Total Pages: 2
Language of Text: English
Source of Text: Nazi conspiracy and aggression (Office of United States Chief of Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946.)
Evidence Code: PS-2382
Citation: IMT (page 255)
HLSL Item No.: 450241
Notes:For comparable provisions on elections and counting of votes in 1943, see document PS 2381.