Votes and Elections

Federal referenda

Voting proposals are determined by the Federal Council at least four months before the voting date.

Voting dates in 2017: 12 February, 21 May, 24 September, 26 November

All information on the proposals (voting pamphlets, committees, recommendations of Parliament and the Federal Council, electronic voting, etc.) can be found at www.admin.ch/votes.

Popular initiatives

The following new federal popular initiative has been launched at the time of going to press (deadline for the collection of signatures in brackets):

Popular initiative “Stop to the high-price island – for fair prices (Initiative for fair prices)”(20.03.2018)

The list of pending popular initiatives can be found at www.bk.admin.ch under Aktuell > Wahlen und Abstimmungen > Hängige Volksinitiativen.