| General information | |
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| Official title | Änderung des Asylgesetzes |
| Voting day | 24.09.2006 |
| Voting result | Accepted (67.76% Yes votes) |
| Vote Nº | 525 |
| Legal form | Optional referendum |
| Policy area | Social policy > Social groups > Refugees |
| 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 | |
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| Federal Council dispatch | (in German) |
| Parliamentary phase | |
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| Item Nº | 02.060 |
| Parliamentary debate | PDF / Link (in German / French) |
| Duration of proceedings | 1,199 days |
| Parliament's position | Accept |
| Position of the National Council | Accept (108 Yes, 69 No) |
| Position of the Council of States | Accept (33 Yes, 12 No) |
| Collection of signatures | |
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| Initiators | Grüne Partei der Schweiz, Solidarité sans frontières, Forum für die Integration der Migrantinnen und Migranten, unterstützt von der Sozialdemokratischen Partei und Gewerkschaften |
| Signatures | 90,652 |
| Time used to collect signatures | 100 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 |
| Recommendations by parties |
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| Electoral share of 'yes' camp | 63.3% (Details) |
| Recommendations by others |
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| Deviating party sections |
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| Documents from the campaign | Display the list of documents |
| Graphical campaign material for a Yes | |
| Graphical campaign material for a No |
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| Vote | |
|---|---|
| Voting result | Accepted |
| People | Accepted (67.76% Yes votes) |
| Cantons |
Majority of the cantons not required
(23.0 Yes, 0.0 No)
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| Turnout | 49.05% |
| 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 | |
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| Full analysis of VOX post-vote poll results | PDF (in German) |
| Technical report on the VOX poll | PDF (in German) |
