| General information | |
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| Official title | Volksinitiative «Sparen beim Militär und der Gesamtverteidigung - für mehr Frieden und zukunftsgerichtete Arbeitsplätze (Umverteilungsinitiative)» |
| Voting day | 26.11.2000 |
| Voting result | Rejected (37.62% Yes votes and 4.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons) |
| Vote Nº | 471 |
| Legal form | Popular initiative |
| Policy area | Security policy > Armed forces > Armed forces - general |
| 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 | Sozialdemokratische Partei |
| Preliminary examination | PDF (in German) |
| Signatures | 108,541 |
| Time used to collect signatures | 547 days |
| Success | PDF (in German) |
| Pre-parliamentary phase | |
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| Federal Council dispatch | (in German) |
| Parliamentary phase | |
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| Item Nº | 99.022 |
| Parliamentary debate | PDF / Link (in German / French) |
| Duration of proceedings | 389 days |
| Parliament's position | Reject |
| Position of the National Council | Reject (62 Yes, 122 No) |
| Position of the Council of States | Reject (6 Yes, 36 No) |
| Public campaign | |
|---|---|
| Official explanatory brochure | PDF (in German) |
| Position of the Federal Council | Reject |
| Recommendations by parties |
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| Electoral share of 'yes' camp | 30.6% (Details) |
| Recommendations by others |
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| Deviating party sections |
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| Documents from the campaign | Display the list of documents |
| Graphical campaign material for a Yes | |
| Graphical campaign material for a No | |
| Vote | |
|---|---|
| Voting result | Rejected |
| People | Rejected (37.62% Yes votes) |
| Cantons |
Rejected
(4.0 Yes, 19.0 No)
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| Turnout | 41.72% |
| 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 poll | |
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| Full analysis of post-vote poll results | PDF (in German) |
| Technical report | PDF (in German) |
