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Swiss court orders historic referendum re-run
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| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Apr 14, 2019 07:07pm |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| Author | BBC |
| News Date | Wednesday, April 10, 2019 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The result of a nationwide referendum has been overturned for the first time in modern Switzerland's history.
The poll, held in February 2016, asked the country's voters whether married couples and co-habiting partners should pay the same tax.
Voters rejected the proposal, with 50.8% against and 49.2% in favour.
But the supreme court has now voided the result on the grounds that voters were not given full information, and the vote must be re-run.
The information provided to the electorate was "incomplete" and therefore "violated the freedom of the vote", the court ruled.
Switzerland's direct democracy system frequently allows citizens to take part in decision-making.
During the referendum campaign, the Swiss government told voters just 80,000 of married couples were paying more tax than couples living together.
The true figure was almost half a million, the government later said. |
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