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Initiative «Gleiche Rechte für Behinderte»

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Gleiche Rechte für Behinderte»
Voting day 18.05.2003
Voting result Rejected (37.67% Yes votes and 3.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 500
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Social policy > Social groups > Persons with disabilities
State organisation > Legal system > Fundamental rights
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 Behindertenorganisationen
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 120,455
Time used to collect signatures 314 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 00.094
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 732 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (70 Yes, 107 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (6 Yes, 37 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Recommendations by parties
Yes
CSP
EVP
GPS
PdA
SPS
No
CVP
EDU
FDP
FPS
LPS
SD
SVP
Free vote
Lega
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 30.6% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
SGB
TravS
No
eco
SAV
SGV
Deviating party sections
Yes
CVP FR
CVP GE
CVP JU
CVP TI
FDP GE
FDP VS
JFDP CH
LPS FR
Free vote
SVP TI
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Graphical campaign material for a Yes
Link eMuseum.ch
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (37.67% Yes votes)
Cantons Rejected (3.0 Yes, 20.0 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
BS
FR
GL
GR
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Accepted
GE
JU
TI
Turnout 49.69%
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)