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Initiative «No to the penalisation of marriage»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Für Ehe und Familie – gegen die Heiratsstrafe»
Voting day 28.02.2016
Voting result Rejected (49.16% Yes votes and 16.5 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 596
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Social policy > Social groups > Family policy
Public finance > 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 CVP
Signatures 120,161
Time used to collect signatures 552 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 13.085
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 604 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (85 Yes, 107 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (20 Yes, 25 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
CVP
EDU
EVP
FPS
MCG
SD
SVP
No
BDP
CSP
FDP
GLP
GPS
PdA
SPS
Free vote
Lega
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 44.5% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
FDK
SBK
Schweizerischer Bäuerinnen- und Landfrauenverband
No
eco
SGB
SGV
LDP BS
Pink Cross
Lesbenorganisation Schweiz
Transgender Network Switzerland
Deviating party sections
Yes
BDP AG
BDP BL
No
JCVP ZH
Free vote
BDP SG
Number of adverts in print media 107
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 22%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 198
Media coverage: tonality -21 (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
Graphical campaign material for a No
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (49.16% Yes votes)
Cantons Accepted (16.5 Yes, 6.5 No)
Rejected
AR
BE
BL
BS
GE
GR
VD
ZH
Accepted
AG
AI
FR
GL
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VS
ZG
Turnout 63.25%
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)