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Radio and Television Act (radio/TV licence fee)

General information
Official title Änderung des Bundesgesetzes über Radio und Fernsehen (RTVG)
Voting day 14.06.2015
Voting result Accepted (50.08% Yes votes)
Vote Nº 595
Legal form Optional referendum
Policy area Culture, religion and media > Media and communication > Radio, television and electronic media
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)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 13.048
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 485 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (109 Yes, 85 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (28 Yes, 14 No)
Collection of signatures
Initiators SGV, Aktion stopBillag.ch
Signatures 91,308
Time used to collect signatures 97 days
Success PDF (in German)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Accept
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
BDP
CSP
CVP
EVP
GPS
PdA
SPS
No
EDU
FDP
FPS
GLP
Lega
MCG
SD
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 48.0% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
eco
SGB
TravS
Verband Schweizer Medien
Telesuisse
Schweizer Filmverbände
No
SGV
LDP BS
Baumeisterverband
Konsumentenforum
Free vote
SAV
Stiftung für Konsumentenschutz (SKS)
Deviating party sections
Yes
FDP GE
FDP GL
FDP SO
FDP VD
No
BDP SO
BDP TG
EVP GR
Free vote
GLP SO
Number of adverts in print media 281
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 46%
Media coverage: number of articles 409
Media coverage: tonality -13 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a No
Link Basel Poster Collection
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (50.08% Yes votes)
Cantons Majority of the cantons not required (6.5 Yes, 16.5 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
GL
LU
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
BS
FR
GE
GR
JU
NE
VD
Turnout 43.65%
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
Full analysis of VOX post-vote poll results PDF (in German)
Technical report on the VOX poll PDF (in German)