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Initiative «For equitable taxes»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Für faire Steuern. Stopp dem Missbrauch beim Steuerwettbewerb (Steuergerechtigkeits-Initiative)»
Voting day 28.11.2010
Voting result Rejected (41.54% Yes votes and 3.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 553
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Public finance > Taxation > Tax policy
Public finance > Taxation > Direct taxation
State organisation > Federalism > Intergovernmental relations
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 SPS
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 104,684
Time used to collect signatures 532 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 09.031
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 104 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (64 Yes, 128 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (11 Yes, 29 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Online information by the federal authorities
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
CSP
EVP
GPS
KVP
PdA
SD
SPS
No
BDP
CVP
EDU
FDP
FPS
GLP
Lega
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 33.1% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
TravS
No
eco
SGV
Deviating party sections
Yes
GLP SO
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes Show all
Graphical campaign material for a No
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (41.54% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (3.5 Yes, 19.5 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
FR
GL
GR
LU
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
BS
GE
JU
NE
Turnout 52.36%
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
Full analysis of post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Technical report PDF (in German)