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Sure but in that case, Switzerland wasn't a democracy until 1990 when women in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden finally got the right to vote in federal ele
by scheme271 3y ago
Sure but in that case, Switzerland wasn't a democracy until 1990 when women in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden finally got the right to vote in federal elections.
- throwaway2037 3y agoWiki says: Women in Switzerland gained the right to vote in federal elections after a referendum in February 1971.
- scheme271 3y agoYou're correct but women weren't allowed to vote on the canton level in some cantons until 1990. That's almost as bad: https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/a-visit-to-appenzell-inner-rhodes-the-last-canton-to-grant-women-the-right-to-vote-in-switzerland/46328984 https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/politics/a-visit-to-appenzell-i...
- IG_Semmelweiss 3y agonot going to condone it, but it makes my point. Other countries ban the vote by felons, or by certain classes of people. Yet, they are still called democracies. The only difference is that the agreement to strip voting power is bipartisan in 1 case, and in switzerland it was a niche who approves of it.