There's no excuse for not voting! If you're undecided, head over to www.smartvote.ch and get a list of candidates that share your views!

And in EN:

http://www.smartvote.ch/?lang=en_GB

I'm surprised to find out I'm a Pirate

I would have voted for the Pirate Party as well, but they don't appear to have any candidates where I live :-/

I've made a point of using my vote, ever since the minaret debacle!

I wonder how many votes some Swiss men have - if they are given their voting slip by their mums, grannies and aunties!?

It's the opposite in my Swiss family. Until I have my own vote here, I try to brainwash my OH and his family to vote my way, though I haven't managed to get my hands on their ballots

But seriously, I read in a Romande magazine that there is a marked lack of interest in voting among young Swiss women. It may be similar in other countries, especially amongst young people on general, but I find it especially sad here because from the outside looking in, this system of direct democracy means that every vote may actually count

(I of course believe every vote always counts in the absence of corruption, but here it seems more obvious and concrete as compared to the electoral system in my own country.)

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I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it!

Bumping this up, please go and vote today!

I'm really annoyed with myself for missing it . I can't believe the polling station closed at 9:30 this morning! I worked til 3am and just missed it because I didn't wake up in time. There's no wonder the bad guys keep winning - what kind of person gets up and goes to vote at 8am on a Sunday! (yes I know, it's my own fault and I AM annoyed with myself, but really - 9:30!!)

Maybe next time you could use the envelope provided to post your vote. That way you could sleep peacefully and still have your say.

Or drop it off in the special post box at your commune/town (for free) anytime up to the day of the vote.

Like the good, recent, Swiss citizen I am, we sent off our ballot papers before going on vacation

Pat on the back from me.

I waited till the 'last minute' (i.e., this morning), but at least I did it.

So! why is everyone complaining about the 'Frauenstimmrecht"

I waited until the last minute as well. I found smartvote.ch pretty useless. Being told a candidate agrees with me 62% isn't really a great way to choose. In the end I looked at how the candidates that were suggested voted in the 2007 Bundesrat election and that was the deciding factor.

Oh, and I was also advised to vote for the Pirate party. I'm wondering if there was a bit of bias by the programmers?

That's funny. We are voting down here in Argentina as well. Big election, presidential. But we are not expecting any big surprises. Cristina is expected to win hands down. Oh, and by the way, everyone has to vote. It's mandatory.

But can people in Argentina vote by letter or by Email ?

Well, my daughters didn't vote this time, and my wife was reluctant, but did in the end (I had to show her how to vote, though other than one for her doctor, we didn't vote the same)

Tom

apparently i should vote Jungfreisinnige based on around 30 questions