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Act on Electronic Identification Services (e-ID Act)

General information
Official title Bundesgesetz über elektronische Identifizierungsdienste (E-ID-Gesetz, BGEID)
Voting day 07.03.2021
Voting result Rejected (35.64% Yes votes)
Vote Nº 639
Legal form Optional referendum
Policy area State organisation > Legal system > Data protection
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 18.049
Parliamentary debate PDF / Link (in German / French)
Duration of proceedings 483 days
Parliament's position Accept
Position of the National Council Accept (144 Yes, 51 No)
Position of the Council of States Accept (35 Yes, 2 No)
Collection of signatures
Initiators Digitale Gesellschaft, unterstützt u.a. durch die SP und die Grünen
Signatures 64,933
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 Link federal office
Explainer video by easyvote Link (in German)
Explanatory brochure by easyvote PDF (in German)
Recommendations by parties
Yes
EVP
FDP
KVP
Mitte
SVP
No
EDU
GLP
GPS
PdA
SD
SPS
Electoral share of 'yes' camp 56.6% (Details)
Recommendations by others
Yes
eco
Gem
KDK
SAV
SGV
SSV
VöV
Baumeisterverband
Swissmem
SwissICT
SwissBanking
No
SGB
TravS
VPOD
Schweizerischer Seniorenrat
Schweizerischer Verband für Seniorenfragen
Vereinigung aktiver Senioren- und Selbsthilfeorganisationen in der Schweiz (VASOS)
Syndicom
Piratenpartei
JSVP LU
Free vote
Pro Senectute
JGLP LU
Deviating party sections
Yes
GLP AG
GLP BL
GLP LU
GLP SZ
GLP ZG
GPS GL
SPS TG
No
EVP GR
JM GL
JM OW
SVP AI
Free vote
EVP LU
GLP GR
SVP NE
None
GLP VD
Number of adverts in print media 160
Percentage of adverts for a 'yes' 94%
Analysis of the advertising campaign by Année Politique PDF (in German)
Media coverage: number of articles 225
Media coverage: tonality -4 (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 (35.64% Yes votes)
Cantons Majority of the cantons not required (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 51.29%
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)
Cockpit with selected results Link
Dataset of the post-vote poll CSV SAV
Codebook for the post-vote poll Excel (in German)