Voting area
A voting area is a part of the country in which the population - z. B. after the end of a war - can explain to which of the eligible states she would like to belong.
One example are the border areas of the German Empire and German Austria , in which in 1920/1921 - based on the principle of the right of self-determination of the peoples and on the basis of the provisions of the Versailles Treaty and the Peace Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye - referendums on their further state membership took place.
The voting areas at that time were North Schleswig , Eupen-Malmedy , the districts of Allenstein , Marienwerder and Upper Silesia as well as southern Carinthia . The Saar area was subordinated to the administration of the League of Nations for 15 years , after which the reunification with the German Reich was approved in a referendum .
On July 24, 1920, in a so-called public consultation in the German-Belgian border and voting area of Eupen-Malmedy, a majority of the predominantly German-speaking population decided to join Belgium. Those entitled to vote were under heavy pressure from the Belgian occupation forces.
philately
In philately , voting areas are often considered separate collection areas.
