| General information | |
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| Official title | Volksinitiative «Für den Schutz vor Waffengewalt» |
| Voting day | 13.02.2011 |
| Voting result | Rejected (43.70% Yes votes and 5.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons) |
| Vote Nº | 554 |
| Legal form | Popular initiative |
| Policy area |
State organisation > Legal system Security policy > Armed forces > Armed forces - general |
| 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 | Verschiedene Organisationen |
| Preliminary examination | PDF (in German) |
| Signatures | 106,037 |
| Time used to collect signatures | 538 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 | 09.098 |
| Parliamentary debate | PDF / Link (in German / French) |
| Duration of proceedings | 289 days |
| Parliament's position | Reject |
| Position of the National Council | Reject (69 Yes, 119 No) |
| Position of the Council of States | Reject (11 Yes, 30 No) |
| Public campaign | |
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| Official explanatory brochure | PDF (in German) |
| Position of the Federal Council | Reject |
| Online information by the federal authorities | Link department |
| Explanatory brochure by easyvote | PDF (in German) |
| Campaign websites |
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| Recommendations by parties |
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| Electoral share of 'yes' camp | 34.0% (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 |
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| Graphical campaign material for a No |
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| Vote | |
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| Voting result | Rejected |
| People | Rejected (43.70% Yes votes) |
| Cantons |
Rejected
(5.5 Yes, 17.5 No)
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| Turnout | 49.12% |
| 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 | |
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| Full analysis of VOX post-vote poll results | PDF (in German) |
| Technical report on the VOX poll | PDF (in German) |
