RULES OF FRANCHISE.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT.
By V. JOACHIM.
ELECTIONS TO THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES.
(Act of Parliament of 29. February 1920 No. 123. Code of Laws and Regulations.)
There are 23 parliamentary Constituencies, the smallest of which elect 6 members, the largest (Prague) 45.
The right to vote is enjoyed by every citizen who has attained the age of 21 years and who is entered on the standing List of Voters (see below).
A voter has the right to vote only in one constituency and must record his vote in person.
Any citizen of the Czechoslovak Republic, irrespective of sex who on the day of election has attained the age of 30 years may be elected deputy, provided that he (or she) has been a Czechoslovak citizen for at least three years and has not been legally deprived by the Court of the right to vote.
Every voter entered upon the List of Voters is obliged to vote: an exception, however, is made in favour of persons 70 years of age and over, sick persons etc. (whoever without reasonable grounds of excuse fails to take part in an election is liable to a fine of 20 to 5000 crowns or to a term of imprisonment varying from 24 hours to one month).
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Twenty—one days at the latest, before the election day and not later than 12 o’clock noon the various political parties present before the Chairman of the Election Committee of the Constituency, their lists of Candidates. Such lists are only valid if they are attested by the officially confirmed signatures of at least 100 voters whose names appear on the List of Voters for the particular constituency.
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