Swiss to decide on secret votes by public on Citizenship candidates
The New York Times / Uta Harnischfeger
31-May-2008 (2 comments)

On Sunday, Swiss citizens are voting in a referendum on whether to give municipalities the final say on granting citizenship, and allow townspeople to vote in secret on whether foreign members of their community can receive Swiss passports.

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May not mean anything

by Cuckoo Clock (not verified) on

that they voted no. A while back, the Supreme Court had made this practice illegal but certain municipalities continued practicing it and I am sure they will continue practicing it in the future...


Parham

And they voted NO...

by Parham on

... massively!

Some cantons even reached a 90% "no", which has been unseen in the past years.

See:

//news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080601/wl_afp/switze...