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Verbandsbeschwerderechts-Initiative

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Verbandsbeschwerderecht: Schluss mit der Verhinderungspolitik – Mehr Wachstum für die Schweiz!»
Voting day 30.11.2008
Voting result Rejected (34.00% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 537
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area Environment and living space > Environment > Protection of nature and cultural heritage
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 FDP
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 118,958
Time used to collect signatures 541 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 07.046
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 286 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (90 Yes, 94 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (9 Yes, 30 No)
Public campaign
Official explanatory brochure PDF (in German)
Position of the Federal Council Reject
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
BDP
EDU
FDP
FPS
Lega
LPS
SVP
No
CSP
CVP
EVP
GLP
GPS
KVP
PdA
SD
SPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 48.6% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
eco
SGV
No
SGB
TravS
Free vote
SBV
Deviating party sections
Yes
CVP NW
No
FDP GE
LPS BS
Free vote
CVP BL
CVP LU
FDP BS
FDP SH
FDP TI
Graphical campaign material for a No
Link eMuseum.ch
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (34.00% 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 47.22%
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)