Swiss referendum, September 2009

A referendum was held in Switzerland on 27 September 2009. Two questions were put to the voters:^[1]

• a limited increase of VAT to continue financing the Invalidenversicherung (Disability Insurance)
• accepting the decision not to introduce allgemeine Volksinitiativen (public initiatives) (which has been deemed impossible for procedural reasons)

Both proposals were accepted; abolishing the allgemeine Volksinitiative with a clear majority of 67.9%,^[2] the financing of Invalidenversicherung with a good popular majority of 54.4% and very tight state majority of 12 out of 23 Stände.^[3]

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