Equal Franchise Restored
Central Executive Committee of the USSR, On the Closure of all Procedures in Connection with the Deprivation of USSR Citizens of the Franchise by Reason of Social Origin, Property Status and Former Activities and on the Liquidation of the Central Elections Commission of the Central Executive Com. March 14, 1937
Original Source: Izvestiia, 15 March 1937.
In conformity with Article 135 of the Constitution of the USSR the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR decrees:
- All cases, concerning the reintegration of the franchise to USSR citizens deprived of the same by reason of social origin, property status and former activities, to be closed.
The work of the Central Elections Commission attached to the Central Executive Committee of the USSR to be considered as finished, and the Commission dissolved.
To take cognizance of the reports of the Central Executive Committees of the Union Republics concerning the liquidation of the relevant local Commissions.
To instruct the Council of People's Commissaries of the USSR to introduce within three months for approval by the Central Executive Committee of the USSR a draft decree on the modifications in the legislature of the USSR following on Article 135 of the Constitution of the USSR
Source: "Soviet Legislation (XIX): Selection of Decrees and Documents," The Slavonic (and East European) Review, Vol. XVI, No. 46 (July, 1937), pp. 211-212.