[Idyllchat] NY Times piece on immigration issues in the upcomingCH elections

[Vance Roy]

On 9. Okt 2007, at 18:46, Joan Herriges wrote:
>   How are initiatives handled in CH politics?  How do they turn  
> into law?
>
People who travel should be aware of politics in another country to  
some degree. It can affect your vacation.

Initiatives are brought to a vote by any citizen as long as they can  
get a given number of people to sign a petition. That number varies  
on where the initiative is to be effective, local, kantonal, or  
national. They have a certain number of months to do this for it to  
be valid.

Referenda are votes taken on legislation that is made into law by  
people opposed to that law. Again there are a certain number of  
signatures within a certain time frame to be obtained.

I did not look the numbers and times up tonight, but they are  
available for any who wish to know by Google or like means. Also, I  
am sure that Stefan has this burned into his memory.

Vance Roy
gigli.saw at dplanet.ch
http://homepage.mac.com/fredch

I was wondering where my boomerang had landed . . . and then it came  
to me.
AJC Vent