2002 Swiss referendums

none Eight referendums were held in Switzerland during 2002.Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1943 9783832956097 The first two were held on 3 March on popular initiatives for Switzerland to join the United Nations and to reduce working hours. UN membership was approved, whilst the shorter working hours proposal was rejected. The next two were held on 2 June on amending the penal code regarding abortion, which was approved, and a popular initiative "for mother and child", which was rejected. The next set referendums was held on 22 September, with a popular initiative on adding surplus gold reserves to the country's pension fund and a counter-proposal, as well as a federal law on the electricity market. All three were rejected. The final two referendums were held on 24 November on a popular initiative "against misuse of asylum rights" and a federal law on compulsory unemployment insurance and compensation for insolvencies. The asylum proposal was rejected, whilst the federal law was approved. Results MonthQuestionForAgainstBlank/invalidTotalRegisteredvotersTurnoutCantons forCantons againstVotes%Votes%BlankInvalidFullHalfFullHalfMarchUnited Nations membership1,489,11054.61,237,62945.420,38611,8002,758,9254,721,42258.411294Reducing working hours686,93525.42,021,19874.630,98111,6652,750,77958.300206JuneStrafgesetzbuch amendment on abortion1,399,54572.2540,10527.830,0088,4651,978,1234,730,59441.8Popular initiative "for mother and child"352,43218.21,578,87081.832,9128,3821,972,59641.700206SeptemberSurplus gold reserves into pension fundreference_name_A a a984,05846.41,085,07251.110,9979,6632,143,0274,744,19745.260146Counter-proposal on gold reservesreference_name_A a a984,53746.41,057,39849.810,9979,6632,143,02749.861145Electricity market law972,77047.41,078,41252.662,97411,0582,125,21444.8NovemberPopular initiative on asylum1,119,34249.91,123,55050.123,7499,9412,276,5824,749,99447.9Federal law on unemployment insurance1,234,79356.1966,43043.950,87910,0192,262,12147.6Source: Nohlen & Stöver reference_name_A a a In the referendum with the counter-proposal voters could also give no answer. For the main question 53,237 voters (2.5%) did not answer, whilst for the counter-proposal 80,432 (3.8%) did not answer.Switzerland, 22 September 2002: Surplus gold reserves into the AHV Funds (Gold Initiative) with counter-proposal Direct Democracy de References Politics Switzerland Category:Abortion in Switzerland Referendums Swiss referendums 2002 Category:Abortion debate Category:Enlargement of the United Nations Category:Pension referendums Category:Switzerland and the United Nations Category:Abortion referendums in Switzerland