1938 German Ballot.



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From Wikipedia:

The ballot text reads “Do you agree with the reunification of Austria with the German Empire that was enacted on 13 March 1938, and do you vote for the party of our leader Adolf Hitler?,” the large circle is labelled “Yes,” the smaller “No.”

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Posted on May 28, 2007 at 9:01 pm by Miss Cellania
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7 comments to "1938 German Ballot."

  • Chris
    May 28th, 2007 at 11:34 pm

    Ah! the good old times when you could be a dictator and run a good biased election without having to move to Africa… *sigh*

    ;)

  • Alex
    May 28th, 2007 at 11:50 pm

    I was surprised there’s even the option to choose “no.” Shouldn’t dictator’s ballots have only one choice?

  • Miss Cellania
    May 29th, 2007 at 4:21 am

    Alex, they probably wanted a way to determine who to arrest next.

  • Paul
    May 29th, 2007 at 8:41 am

    Hint, hint!

  • ted
    May 29th, 2007 at 9:41 am

    I am reminded of the Quebec separation vote in the 1990’s, where the two sides were “Oui” and “Non”.
    Obviously, they couldn’t get away with big and small circles, but it struck me at the time how subtle the connotations of voting “Yes” or “No” were, in making separation sound positive, and staying as part of Canada sound negative.

    It’s interesting how they’re also capitalizing on Adolf’s popularity by having his name larger than the rest of the question. Have things really changed that much?

  • mike
    May 29th, 2007 at 12:38 pm

    I just phoned my Mom about this. She said that although she was too young to vote she remembers seeing the ballots and that two of her Aunts voted no yet the precient they voted reported a 100% yes vote.

  • hamlethamster
    May 29th, 2007 at 4:43 pm

    Based on my information, in Cuba during last election your choice to make was between “Fidel” and “Castro”.


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