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Initiative «For families»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Familieninitiative: Steuerabzüge auch für Eltern, die ihre Kinder selber betreuen»
Voting day 24.11.2013
Voting result Rejected (41.53% Yes votes and 2.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 576
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Social policy > Social groups > Family policy
Public finance > Taxation > Direct taxation
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 SVP
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 113,011
Time used to collect signatures 532 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 12.068
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 352 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (72 Yes, 110 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (17 Yes, 26 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Online information by the federal authorities
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
EVP
KVP
Lega
MCG
SD
SVP
No
BDP
CSP
CVP
FDP
FPS
GLP
GPS
PdA
SPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 31.3% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SBV
No
eco
SGB
SGV
TravS
Deviating party sections
Yes
CVP FR
CVP GR
CVP LU
CVP VD
CVP VS
FDP NE
No
EVP VD
Number of adverts in print media 38
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 50%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 114
Media coverage: tonality -46 (predominantly negative)
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 (41.53% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (2.5 Yes, 20.5 No)
Rejected
AG
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
TG
TI
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
AI
SZ
UR
Turnout 53.59%
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)