Figure S.12.4
Plural Ballots Awarded by Category, 1: Zittau, 1909
|
Eligible for a total of |
Independents in |
Civil Servants, Clergy, |
||||||||||
|
Criterion |
ballots |
Criterion Description |
Agriculture |
Industry |
Trade |
Salaried Employees |
Workers |
Teachers, Pensioners |
Free Professions |
Without Profession |
Total |
|
|
[Basic] |
1 |
Without supplement |
36 |
274 |
133 |
213 |
1734 |
341 |
21 |
12 |
2,764 |
|
|
[Age] |
2 |
Only age supplement |
27 |
259 |
87 |
36 |
540 |
115 |
19 |
186 |
1,269 |
|
|
Supplemental ballots according to Wahlgesetz
§11 A-C |
||||||||||||
|
Aa |
under 50 |
2 |
Income over 1,600 Marks |
16 |
36 |
24 |
63 |
48 |
114 |
3 |
1 |
305 |
|
Age 50+ |
3 |
6 |
24 |
12 |
8 |
8 |
80 |
2 |
31 |
171 |
||
|
Ab, c |
under 50 |
2 |
Salaried public or private employment or eligible to vote for chambers
of industry / agriculture with business income over 1,400M |
10 |
29 |
17 |
35 |
8 |
110 |
0 |
0 |
209 |
|
Age 50+ |
3 |
0 |
7 |
8 |
5 |
2 |
24 |
0 |
0 |
46 |
||
|
Ad |
under 50 |
2 |
Property-owner (minimum 100 tax units) as long as total income exceeds
1,250M |
12 |
26 |
13 |
2 |
22 |
13 |
2 |
1 |
91 |
|
Age 50+ |
3 |
10 |
24 |
8 |
3 |
18 |
10 |
0 |
16 |
89 |
||
|
Ae |
under 50 |
2 |
Property-owner with over 2 hectares (agriculture, forestry, orchards)
or 0.5 ha (market gardens, viticulture) |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
|
Age 50+ |
3 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
9 |
||
|
Af |
under 50 |
2 |
Education certificate sufficient for one-year voluntary military
service |
0 |
0 |
3 |
9 |
0 |
33 |
3 |
0 |
48 |
|
Age 50+ |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
||
|
Ba |
under 50 |
3 |
Income over 2,200 Marks |
4 |
25 |
20 |
56 |
6 |
74 |
6 |
2 |
193 |
|
Age 50+ |
4 |
12 |
22 |
18 |
10 |
6 |
64 |
0 |
36 |
168 |
||
|
Bb, c |
under 50 |
3 |
As in Ab, c above with income over 1900M or pursuing scientific or
higher cultural activity with an income over 1,900M |
1 |
24 |
18 |
41 |
6 |
91 |
2 |
0 |
183 |
|
Age 50+ |
4 |
2 |
9 |
7 |
4 |
2 |
47 |
0 |
0 |
71 |
||
|
Bd |
under 50 |
3 |
As in Ad above (minimum 150 tax units) as long as total income exceeds
1,600M |
18 |
50 |
20 |
7 |
11 |
27 |
1 |
1 |
135 |
|
Age 50+ |
4 |
6 |
25 |
20 |
1 |
7 |
15 |
1 |
33 |
108 |
||
|
Be |
under 50 |
3 |
As in A[e] above, with over 4 ha (agriculture, forestry, orchards) or
1 ha (horticulture, viticulture) |
13 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
14 |
|
Age 50+ |
4 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
10 |
||
|
Ca |
|
4 |
Income over 2,800M |
35 |
299 |
269 |
136 |
4 |
445 |
72 |
123 |
1,383 |
|
Cb |
|
4 |
As in Ab, c above, or as in Bc above with income over 2,500M |
4 |
21 |
14 |
20 |
2 |
77 |
0 |
0 |
138 |
|
Cc |
|
4 |
As in Ad above (over 200 tax units), as long as total income is over
2,200 M |
11 |
29 |
14 |
4 |
0 |
18 |
1 |
3 |
80 |
|
Cd |
|
4 |
As in A[e] above, with over 8 ha (agriculture, forestry, orchards) or
2 ha (horticulture, viticulture) |
12 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
15 |
|
Total |
250 |
1,192 |
710 |
653 |
2,425 |
1,699 |
134 |
450 |
7,513 |
|||
Source:
Compiled from data in
[Eugen Würzburger], “Die Wahlen für
die Zweite Kammer der Ständeversammlung
vom Oktober und November 1909,” Zeitschrift des Königlich Sächsischen Statistischen Landesamts [ZSSL]
58, no. 2 (1912): 279. Some figures calculated by the author. Totals
include invalid ballots cast. See
the complete statistical report in Die Wahlen für die Zweite Kammer der Ständeversammlung vom Oktober und November
1909. Sonderabdruck aus der “Zeitschrift des Königlich Sächsischen Statistischen Landesamts,” ed. Eugen Würzburger (Dresden,
1910), originally published as “Wahlen … 1909, Erster Teil,” ZSSL 55
(1909): 220-43; “… Erster Teil (Schluß),” ZSSL 57, no. 1 (1911): 1-168;
“… Zweiter Teil” and “… Zweiter Teil (Schluß),” ZSSL 58, no. 2 (1912):
259-331.
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