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Jun 9Liked by Dr Ioannis Syrigos

Continuation….there is the vote federally, by canton, by municipal plus the referendums never ending on soap for example ….the voter turnout is approximately 22% which is nothing and the on one occasion, municipal..we ended up with a communist mayor, voter turnout was zilch .

So as you can see there is no golden guideline. Interesting to live in another country’s direct democracy versus a variation on the theme.

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Interesting comment, Elsebeth. We are all humans after all, and even if we have the perfect structures, we do not always use them properly...

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Jun 9Liked by Dr Ioannis Syrigos

Lived in Switzerland

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Jun 23Liked by Dr Ioannis Syrigos

Still makes sense for foreigners not to participate.

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