Project C provided for electoral districts of the same extent and for groups of districts of the same nature as Project B. But parties would be free to present or not tickets in the groups of districts, the understanding being, that if they decided to present for election a list of candidates in each group of districts, they could not present lists within the districts of the group. This provision was designed to answer the following need. Groups of electors, not numerous enough to obtain in the first instance one or more seats in this or that district, could unite in groups of the same party for adjoining districts to present a ticket in common (a ticket of the group of districts) which would apply for the whole group or for only some of the districts entering into this group. While the big parties, to avoid the inconveniences of cumbersome tickets, would present in general a list of candidates by districts, the little parties would be able to present but one ticket for several districts, which would enable them to secure seats they could not otherwise win. * * * * * The project of the electoral law which was presented by the Cabinet to the Reichsrat on March 2, 1920, adopted the mechanism of project C. The Cabinet justified its choice as follows: It is only in small districts that the indispensable contact between electors and their deputies can be maintained and, that long lists of candidates, which always lead to unpleasant surprises, can be avoided. If the electoral districts are reduced to no more than four deputies each, as project C would have it, the first candidate on each list would have in general the best chance of being elected; which would in most cases assure representation to the most intelligent electors in the district. The criticism which can be made against the ticket for the Reich that a certain number of members can be sent to Parliament elected not directly by the people but by the executive committees of the parties, is reduced to a minimum in project C as compared to project A, by the introduction of the tickets for the groups of districts. The number of deputies to be elected on the ticket for the Reich is thereby reduced and the influence of executive committees of the parties is diminished in favour of the influence of local organizations.