1889 Swiss insolvency referendum

Background

The referendum was an optional referendum,[1] which meant that only a majority of the public vote was required for the proposals to be approved, as opposed to a mandatory referendum, which required both a majority of voters and cantons.[2]

Results

Choice Votes %
For244,31752.9
Against217,92147.1
Blank votes3,833
Invalid votes2,547
Total468,618100
Registered voters/turnout661,22570.9
Source: Nohlen & Stöver
gollark: But if they use *money* they can happily just go "ah yes, thank you HoneyFoodsCorp for the cash money™, we can now buy wood".
gollark: Do they just need to negotiate with a wood supplier who needs food or something? This leads to increasingly convoluted and problematic chains.
gollark: How is HoneyFoodsCompany meant to get stuff from BeesCorp?
gollark: Imagine you have BeesCorp, which produces honey and requires wood for beehives, and HoneyFoodsCompany, which requires honey and other stuff and produces food.
gollark: Which isn't always true, or even the case a lot of the time.

References

  1. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1904 ISBN 9783832956097
  2. Nohlen & Stöver, p1891
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