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Swiss say “yes” to more voting rights

This content was published on Feb 9, 2003 A clear majority of voters – 70.3 per cent – said “yes” to the introduction of a General People’s Initiative, although turnout was low at just 28 per cent. The proposals were backed by the government and parliament and they convincingly won the so-called “double majority” necessary to be adopted – a majority among the…