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Gold initiative

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Rettet unser Schweizer Gold (Gold-Initiative)»
Voting day 30.11.2014
Voting result Rejected (22.72% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 589
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Economy > Finance > Monetary policy
State organisation > Institutions
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-Politiker
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 106,052
Time used to collect signatures 547 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 13.093
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 212 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (22 Yes, 156 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (2 Yes, 43 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Online information by the federal authorities Link department
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EDU
FPS
Lega
MCG
SD
No
BDP
CSP
CVP
EVP
FDP
GLP
GPS
PdA
SPS
SVP
Free vote
KVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 2.7% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
Aktion für eine unabhängige und neutrale Schweiz (AUNS)
No
eco
FDK
SGB
TravS
VPOD
Deviating party sections
Yes
BDP BS
JSVP CH
SVP AG
SVP AR
SVP BE
SVP BL
SVP BS
SVP GE
SVP GR
SVP JU
SVP LU
SVP NW
SVP OW
SVP SG
SVP SH
SVP SO
SVP SZ
SVP TI
SVP UR
SVP VD
SVP VS
SVP ZG
Number of adverts in print media 178
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 1%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 231
Media coverage: tonality -59 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Link eMuseum.ch
Link Social Archives
Graphical campaign material for a No
Swissvotes database
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (22.72% 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 49.81%
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)