midora Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Four times a year there is an election in Switzerland. This time we could decide about seven different topics in Solothurn (16'000 residents). Personally I opened around 900 envelopes in 4 hours and presorted the 7 different ballot papers (new record on my side 😉) Then it took us (30 people) three more hours to finish counting of the votes.  BTW: Because there was this discussion about same-sex marriage in an other topic. The law in Switzerland already allowed this, but people collected enough signatures to ask the people in an election. Now 64% voted pro.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Djisves Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 I always thought the Swiss have the best system I know. I'm curious though: With so many elections so often, what kind of turnout did you have today and what is the usual turnout? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midora Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 The average in the last years was a little bit less than 50% (regarding national polls). But it really depends on the topic so the range is 40% to 60%. There is also something special. To win a national poll you need the majority of votes and the majority of cantons (A canton is similar like Scotland in the UK). So a canton with a larger population can not easily dominate the others. In Solothurn city the turnout was quite high this time because we also decided about a new city president (the old one - who was quite popular - leaded the city the last 24 years). Now the first time a left-center woman got the job. Let's see how she will perform. 🙂  1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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