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E-ID Act

General information
Official title Bundesgesetz über den elektronischen Identitätsnachweis und andere elektronische Nachweise (E-ID-Gesetz, BGEID)
Voting day 28.09.2025
Voting result Accepted (50.39% Yes votes)
Vote Nº 679
Legal form Optional referendum
Policy area State organisation > Legal system > Data protection
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 23.073
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (170 Yes, 25 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (43 Yes, 1 No)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Freunde der Verfassung, Mass-voll, Aufrecht Schweiz, Piratenpartei, JSVP, EDU
Signatures 55,344
Time used to collect signatures 103 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 Link federal office
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Campaign websites
Campaign for a Yes
Link 1
Link 2
Campaign for a No
Link 1
Link 2
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EVP
FDP
GLP
GPS
MCG
Mitte
SPS
No
EDU
PdA
SD
SVP
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 66.4% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
eco
Gem
KDK
SGB
SGV
SSV
TravS
Stiftung für Konsumentenschutz
Fédération romande des consommateurs
Inclusion Handicap (Dachverband der Behindertenorganisationen)
Agile
HotellerieSuisse
Versicherungsverband (SVV)
SwissICT
Swico
Digitalswitzerland
Digitale Gesellschaft Schweiz
Verband Schweizer Medien (Verlegerverband)
asut (Telekommunikations-Branchenverband)
Centre Patronal
Swiss Cigarette
Schweizer Brauerei-Verband; CSP OW
ML-CSP FR
Gruppe für Innerrhoden
No
Freunde der Verfassung
Mass-voll
Piratenpartei
Digitale Integrität Schweiz
Free vote
JFDP GL
Deviating party sections
Yes
PdA BE
SVP GE
SVP TI
Free vote
SVP BS
SVP VSo
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 168
Media coverage: tonality 11 (predominantly positive)
Media coverage: fög analysis PDF / Link (in German)
Campaign finances
Link (in German)
Documents from the campaign Display the list of documents
Vote
Voting result Accepted
People Accepted (50.39% Yes votes)
Cantons Majority of the cantons not required (7.5 Yes, 15.5 No)
Rejected
AG
AI
AR
BE
BL
GL
GR
JU
NE
NW
OW
SG
SH
SO
SZ
TG
UR
VS
Accepted
BS
FR
GE
LU
TI
VD
ZG
ZH
Turnout 49.55%
Overview of voting result by the Federal Chancellery Link (in German)
Popular votes dashboard by the Swiss Federal Statistical Office Link
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 CSV
Codebook for the VOX poll Excel (in German)
Results of the LeeWas post-vote poll PDF (in German)