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| If you've lived in Switzerland for more than 8 years and reside in Geneva (and I believe the other French cantons as well) you can vote in local and cantonal matters (presumably including the smoking vote in July) whatever your nationality. | |
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Are you sure about this? I just found this article on Swissinfo:
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissin...06&sid=6546217
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| Turnout was low among foreigners in cantons Fribourg and Vaud, where they were allowed to vote in municipal elections for the first time.
Foreign participation in such elections was unprecedented. "We have no studies or past experiences to look at," said political analyst, René Knüsel, of Lausanne University.
Among the conditions in canton Vaud, voting rights are only granted to non-Swiss with year round work permits, or those with full-time residency papers and who have lived in the country for the past ten years and at least three years in the canton. | |
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This would suggest to me that despite rumours that in some places foreigners can vote, they cannot. This article indicates that foreigners in only these 2 cantons have won the right to vote, BUT only in their gemeinde elections, not in the Canton elections (if that's what they mean by municipal level). And even then the requirements are so strict that they would have long been citizens in many other countries anyway!
Does anyone else have any data on this?