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Justice initiative

General information
Official title Volksinitiative «Bestimmung der Bundesrichterinnen und Bundesrichter im Losverfahren (Justiz-Initiative)»
Voting day 28.11.2021
Voting result Rejected (31.92% Yes votes and 0.0 out of 23 votes of the Cantons)
Vote Nº 649
Legal form Popular initiative
Policy area State organisation > Institutions > Courts
State organisation > Political system > Electoral system
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 Bürger:innenkomitee um den Unternehmer Adrian Gasser
Preliminary examination PDF (in German)
Signatures 130,100
Time used to collect signatures 468 days
Success PDF (in German)
Pre-parliamentary phase
Federal Council dispatch PDF (in German)
Parliamentary phase
Item Nº 20.061
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 304 days
Parliament's position Reject
Position of the National Council Reject (1 Yes, 191 No)
Position of the Council of States Reject (0 Yes, 44 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
No
EDU
EVP
FDP
GLP
GPS
Mitte
PdA
SD
SPS
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 0.0% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
Piratenpartei
PCSI JU
CS-POP JU
JGLP Nid- und Obwalden
No
SGV
SolidaritéS
CSP OW
Free vote
BastA
ML-CSP FR
Deviating party sections
Yes
GLP FR
GPS JU
Free vote
GLP SZ
GPS TG
Number of adverts in print media 7
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 14%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 181
Media coverage: tonality -15 (predominantly negative)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Vote
Voting result Rejected
People Rejected (31.92% 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 64.68%
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)
Dataset of the VOX poll
Codebook for the VOX poll
Results of the LeeWas post-vote poll PDF (in German)