1941 Swiss Alcohol Referendum
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A referendum on alcohol was held in
Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...
on 9 March 1941. Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1912 Voters were asked whether they approved of a
popular initiative A popular initiative (also citizens' initiative) is a form of direct democracy by which a petition meeting certain hurdles can force a legal procedure on a proposition. In direct initiative, the proposition is put directly to a plebiscite o ...
for changing the alcohol order. The proposal was rejected by 59.8% of voters.


Background

The referendum was a "process initiating decision", which required only a majority of the public vote, rather than both a majority of the public votes and a majority of cantons in favour.Nohlen & Stöver, p1901


Results


References

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