I misunderstood parts of the Weimar Republic Elections Act.
At 20:22 +0300 15.4.2002, Olli Salmi wrote:
>Elections Act 24/7/1920 in German:
>http://www.reichspresseamt.de/Rechtsfundstellen/reichswahlgesetz.html
>Elections were regulated by the Elections Act. Men and women from the age
>of 20 coul
>D- I *believe* the 1919 Germany (Weimer) Constitution ONLY specified that
>some sort of p.r. was to be used. The details were all statutory (subject to
>machinations). I *believe* a form of party list p.r. was used ---
>
>party seats = total seats x party votes
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SB wrote in part-
Thanks for your informative comments on Hilter's rise. I am learning as we go.
Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't the German PR system based on the
PLURALITY of votes received by each party, where the ballot listed the parties
rather than the individual candidates?
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SB wrote in part-
First, I thank you for the reference to another book on Hitler' rise to power.
I hope to get my hands on it. In the meantime, let me post a little excerpt
from the booklet, the 31st in a series of "Public Policy Pamphlets" published
by the University of Chicago Press, which I re
