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- Voting_in_Switzerland abstract "Voting in Switzerland (called votation) is the process by which Swiss citizens make decisions about governance and elect officials. Voting takes place over the weekend, with emphasis being put on the Sunday ("Abstimmungssonntag" in German). At noon on that day, voting ends.Switzerland's voting system is unique among modern democratic nations in that Switzerland practices direct democracy (also called semi-direct democracy), in which any citizen may challenge any law approved by the parliament or, at any time, propose a modification of the federal Constitution. In addition, in most cantons all votes are cast using paper ballots that are manually counted. At the federal level, voting can be organised for: Elections (election of the Federal Assembly) Mandatory referendums (votation on a modification of the constitution made by the Federal Assembly) Optional referendums (referendum on a law accepted by the Federal Assembly and that collected 50'000 signatures of opponents) Federal popular initiatives (votation on a modification of the constitution made by citizens and that collected 100'000 signatures of supporters)Approximately four times a year, voting occurs over various issues; these include both Referendums, where policies are directly voted on by people, and elections, where the populace votes for officials. Federal, cantonal and municipal issues are polled simultaneously, and the majority of people cast their votes by mail. Between January 1995 and June 2005, Swiss citizens voted 31 times, to answer 103 questions (during the same period, French citizens participated in only two referendums).Voter turnout in parliamentary elections saw a continuous decline since the 70s, down to an all-time low of 42.2% in 1995. In recent years however, voter participation has been slowly growing again and was at 48.5% in 2011.The average turnout for referendums was at 49.2% in 2011.Federal popular initiatives of little public appeal sometimes cause participation of less than 30% of the electorate, but controversial issues such as a proposed abolition of the Swiss army or a possible accession of Switzerland into the European Union have seen turnouts over 60%.[citation needed]".
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- Voting_in_Switzerland wikiPageExternalLink www.admin.ch.
- Voting_in_Switzerland wikiPageExternalLink www.parliament.ch.
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- Voting_in_Switzerland subject Category:Elections_in_Switzerland.
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- Voting_in_Switzerland comment "Voting in Switzerland (called votation) is the process by which Swiss citizens make decisions about governance and elect officials. Voting takes place over the weekend, with emphasis being put on the Sunday ("Abstimmungssonntag" in German).".
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