The Reichstag Elections of 2011 took place throughout the Greater German Reich on July 10, 2011. The elections were set by reformer Führer Heinz Buckliger, who proclaimed that the Reichstag had been a rubber stamp for the Reich for far too long. These were the first actual contested elections since those in 1933, when the Nazi Party first took power in Germany. Subsequent elections only presented the voter with Nazi candidates, and an inevitable Nazi victory. For years before 2011, most eligible voters didn't bother to exercise their rights, knowing full well it didn't matter.