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> Switzerland is impossibly expensive, and immensely bureaucratic. Expensive yes but their system of government is absolutely superb. > Switzerland's voting s
by rcarr 3y ago
> Switzerland is impossibly expensive, and immensely bureaucratic.
Expensive yes but their system of government is absolutely superb.
> Switzerland's voting system is unique among modern democratic nations in that Switzerland practices direct democracy in parallel with representative democracy, which is why the Swiss system is known as a semi-direct democracy.[2] Direct democracy allows any citizen to challenge any law approved by the parliament or, at any time, propose a modification of the federal Constitution.
Plus those mountains are bloody beautiful.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_Switzerland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_in_Switzerland
- vogon_laureate 3y agoYea but it’s also why some cantons only permitted women to vote as late as 1990.