Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV

Document No. 2355-PS

TRANSLATION OF DOCUMENT 2355-PS

1938 REICHSGESETZBLATT, PART I, PAGE 258

Second Law on the Right to Vote for the Reichstag, 18 March 1938.

The government of the Reich has decided to pass the following law which is proclaimed herewith:

Article 1

The electoral list for the Reich shall replace the electoral list for the Kreise.

Article 2

One or more candidates may be nominated on the electoral list for the Reich.

Article 3

For the elections to the Reichstag in Austria, the same general rules which are valid for the elections to the Reichstag apply, inasmuch as the requirements of the plebescite in Austria of 10 April 1938 do not necessitate different regulations.

Article 4

The Reich Minister of the Interior is authorized to change the orders on the procedure of the elections as much as may be necessary, in order to simplify this procedure.

Berlin, 18 March 1938.

The Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor

ADOLF HITLER

The Reich Minister of the Interior

FRICK

Source:<br>Nazi Conspiracy and Aggression Volume IV<br>Office of the United States Chief Counsel for Prosecution of Axis Criminality<br>Washington, DC : United States Government Printing Office, 1946