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Act on police measures to combat terrorism

General information
Official title Bundesgesetz über polizeiliche Massnahmen zur Bekämpfung von Terrorismus (PMT)
Voting day 13.06.2021
Voting result Accepted (56.58% Yes votes)
Vote Nº 645
Legal form Optional referendum
Policy area Security policy > Public security > State security
State organisation > Legal system > Fundamental rights
Security policy > Public security > Police
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 19.032
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 492 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (112 Yes, 84 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (33 Yes, 11 No)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Jungparteien (JGLP, JUSO, Junge Grüne), Piratenpartei, Chaos Computer Club, unterstützt von SP und Grünen
Signatures 76,926
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 Federal Council Link department
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Campaign websites
Campaign for a No
Link 1
Link 2
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EVP
FDP
KVP
Mitte
SVP
No
GLP
GPS
PdA
SD
SPS
Free vote
EDU
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 56.6% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
Verband Schweizerischer Polizeibeamter
CSP OW
JGLP Nid- und Obwalden
No
SBK
VPOD
Chaos Computer Club
Digitale Gesellschaft Schweiz
Verein «Freunde der Verfassung»
GSoA
Greenpeace
Operation Libero
Demokratische JuristInnen Schweiz (DJS)
Amnesty International
Schweizerischer Friedensrat
Solidarité sans frontières
Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Jugendverbände (SAJV)
Gewerkschaftsbund SZ
Ensemble à Gauche
Piratenpartei
Libertäre Partei
PCSI JU
JSVP LU
Free vote
SSV
JSVP NW
Deviating party sections
Yes
EDU TG
No
EVP JU
EVP SO
FDP GL
JFDP CH
JM ZH
JSVP SH
SVP GL
SVP SZ
SVP ZG
Number of adverts in print media 38
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 46%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 284
Media coverage: tonality -13 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (56.58% Yes votes)
Cantons Majority of the cantons not required (22.5 Yes, 0.5 No)
Rejected
BS
Accepted
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
FR
GE
GL
GR
JU
LU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
TI
UR
VD
VS
ZG
ZH
Turnout 59.57%
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)
Dataset of the post-vote poll CSV SAV
Codebook for the post-vote poll Excel (in German)