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Initiative «für die Beschleunigung der direkten Demokratie»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «für die Beschleunigung der direkten Demokratie (Behandlungsfristen für Volksinitiativen in Form eines ausgearbeiteten Entwurfs)»
Voting day 12.03.2000
Voting result Rejected (30.00% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 460
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area State organisation > People’s rights > Popular initiative
State organisation > Political system > Procedure for constitutional reform
Brief description by Swissvotes PDF (in German)
Description by Année Politique Suisse Link (in German / French)
Text subject to vote PDF (in German)
Official Chronology Link (in German)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Denner AG
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 115,684
Time used to collect signatures 115 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 98.065
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 345 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (29 Yes, 161 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (0 Yes, 42 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
FPS
Lega
SD
SVP
No
CSP
CVP
EDU
EVP
FDP
GPS
LPS
PdA
SPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 26.1% (Details)
Recommendations by others
No
eco
SGB
SGV
TravS
Parti Socialiste Autonome du Jura Sud
None
SBV
Deviating party sections
No
JSVP AG
SVP AG
SVP AR
SVP BE
SVP BL
SVP GL
SVP GR
SVP JU
SVP SH
SVP SZ
SVP TG
SVP VD
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (30.00% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (0.0 Yes, 23.0 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 42.10%
Decree on voting result PDF (in German)
Result by canton, district and municipality Excel (in German)
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery Link (in German)
Interactive map by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Display the map
Post-vote polls
Full analysis of VOX post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Technical report on the VOX poll PDF (in German)