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Swiss Abroad clearly supported e-ID

The two items put to the vote on September 28, the e-ID and the abolition of rental value, were accepted.

This content was published on Sep 29, 2025 The Swiss Abroad were considerably more in favour of an electronic ID than voters in Switzerland. More surprisingly, they also overwhelmingly approved the end of rental tax.

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Switzerland Today – vote edition

This content was published on Sep 28, 2025 Swiss vote: e-ID approved, rental tax scrapped and Zurich bans leaf blowers.

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E-ID vote: political scientist sees public mistrust in Swiss authorities

This content was published on Sep 28, 2025 Swiss voters have approved e-ID, but mistrust of the state is evident. Lukas Golder from research institute gfs.bern analyses the result.

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Five lessons from Swiss voters’ acceptance of e-ID

This content was published on Sep 28, 2025 The narrow yes to electronic ID provides insights for the future. An analysis.

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Swiss voters back e-ID and abolish rental tax

This content was published on Sep 28, 2025 Final figures show 50.4% of voters backed e-ID and 57.7% approved a reform of home ownership taxes.

Does your country of residence offer an e-ID?

Switzerland will introduce a new e-ID system. Has your country of residence already introduced one?

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September 28, 2025 vote: the result from across Switzerland

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