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Foreigners exercise voting rights

This content was published on Mar 13, 2006 Turnout was low among foreigners in cantons Fribourg and Vaud, where they were allowed to vote in municipal elections for the first time. Foreign participation in such elections was unprecedented. “We have no studies or past experiences to look at,” said political analyst, René Knüsel, of Lausanne University. Knüsel said the only conclusion to be…