Yep, Canton Schffhausen passed a law to increase voter participation. That’s why they always top out in that statistic.
IMO this should be implemented nation wide. I’m a huge fan of the idea.
Edit: spelling
Good old SH. Always funny to see people rushing to the polling stations on sunday shortly before they close.
Quite an interesting take to increase voting participation, not sure if I agree on it though
Could be a good idea, it worked out fairly well in Australia and now it has one of the highest electoral turnout rates in the world.
Not voting is simple: Sign the voter ID, and return all to sender. Takes less then 2 minutes plus a trip to the next yellow mailbox.
I love this. Now pay it! And NEVER miss another vote!
Einfach in einer Währung zahlen wo ,,6″ nicht so viel wert ist wie CHF. Steht ja nicht dabei das CHF gemeint sind 🙂
Voting is a civil duty. And you, sir, have failed.
Oh wow, I had no idea this was a thing there.
this is how it should be everywhere
It’s the Law in Schaffhausen lol.
What is your reason not to vote if I may ask?
Shame on you. You live in a democratic country and you don’t vote. The penalty should be much higher!
I’d assume that everybody who is affected by this Schaffhausen law knows about it because… well… they’re from/in Schaffhausen.
Schaffhausen is actually known nation-wide for this, so even I knew 😉
Being from somewhere where we can only vote on assholes who vote on laws, and we have to do it in person, I don’t understand how you guys don’t vote every single time.
Esch jo au eh Schand dasd ned besch go Wähle!
Lmao glad u dont get fucked her in lucerne for not voting
Yeah I seen it, back in my home country voting is compulsory and if you fail to vote and fail to justify why you didn’t vote to the electoral judge you gotta pay a fine.
Should be a thing in Zurich too tbh.
Printing and sending the letter costed them more I guess …..
Do you still get fined if you weren’t in the country during the vote?
Wait, what? This is awesome!
That’s awesome, I wish it was mandatory everywhere. It’s a right but also a duty.
Literally 1984
It should coast 500 or more when you dont vote
This is exclusive to Schaffhausen. I’m from Zurich and I don’t always vote, and I am honestly a pretty bug fan of this system Schaffhausen has! It’s low enough to not hurt, but high enough to be annoying.
Only thing that surprises me is that it’s 6.-! (Used to be 5.-)
Somehow I agree with this……….it would give everyone a viable reason to moan about how their Country and County is being run. If no vote a fee for the admin and no reason to moan.
Forced ironing and packing up of garbage forced voting where does this harassment end?
You live in the canton of Schaffhausen. They will fine you if you do not vote.
Is it mandatory to vote or to vote for each object the votation has ?
TIL…
I love that Schaffhausen kept that old cornerstone of Swiss democracy. My father likes to tell the story of how when he was a child, the local policeman went from door to door the day after each vote to collect from those who missed it. This was not in Schaffhausen, but in Aargau.
What is weird to me, is that everyone here, in the hls, studies from the ETHZ and UNILU I found, discusses this as if it were a novel idea of Schaffhausen, when to me, this has always been a lost idea from the past.
I really like the idea. “Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.”
CHEH
Should also be mandatory everywhere
You have the chance to vote so do it. Take the minutes and read the things its not bad to know whats going on
Yes this is Schaffhausen. But for 6 CHF you get the right to shout at the stupid voters.
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Yes, this is a SH thing. Voting is mandatory there. [Art. 23 Abs. 2 Verfassung /SH](https://www.fedlex.admin.ch/eli/cc/2003/1135_fga/fr#art_23)
Yep, Canton Schffhausen passed a law to increase voter participation. That’s why they always top out in that statistic.
IMO this should be implemented nation wide. I’m a huge fan of the idea.
Edit: spelling
Good old SH. Always funny to see people rushing to the polling stations on sunday shortly before they close.
Quite an interesting take to increase voting participation, not sure if I agree on it though
Could be a good idea, it worked out fairly well in Australia and now it has one of the highest electoral turnout rates in the world.
Not voting is simple: Sign the voter ID, and return all to sender. Takes less then 2 minutes plus a trip to the next yellow mailbox.
I love this. Now pay it! And NEVER miss another vote!
Einfach in einer Währung zahlen wo ,,6″ nicht so viel wert ist wie CHF. Steht ja nicht dabei das CHF gemeint sind 🙂
Voting is a civil duty. And you, sir, have failed.
Oh wow, I had no idea this was a thing there.
this is how it should be everywhere
It’s the Law in Schaffhausen lol.
What is your reason not to vote if I may ask?
Shame on you. You live in a democratic country and you don’t vote. The penalty should be much higher!
I’d assume that everybody who is affected by this Schaffhausen law knows about it because… well… they’re from/in Schaffhausen.
Schaffhausen is actually known nation-wide for this, so even I knew 😉
Being from somewhere where we can only vote on assholes who vote on laws, and we have to do it in person, I don’t understand how you guys don’t vote every single time.
Esch jo au eh Schand dasd ned besch go Wähle!
Lmao glad u dont get fucked her in lucerne for not voting
Yeah I seen it, back in my home country voting is compulsory and if you fail to vote and fail to justify why you didn’t vote to the electoral judge you gotta pay a fine.
Should be a thing in Zurich too tbh.
Printing and sending the letter costed them more I guess …..
Do you still get fined if you weren’t in the country during the vote?
Wait, what? This is awesome!
That’s awesome, I wish it was mandatory everywhere. It’s a right but also a duty.
Literally 1984
It should coast 500 or more when you dont vote
This is exclusive to Schaffhausen. I’m from Zurich and I don’t always vote, and I am honestly a pretty bug fan of this system Schaffhausen has! It’s low enough to not hurt, but high enough to be annoying.
Only thing that surprises me is that it’s 6.-! (Used to be 5.-)
Somehow I agree with this……….it would give everyone a viable reason to moan about how their Country and County is being run. If no vote a fee for the admin and no reason to moan.
Forced ironing and packing up of garbage forced voting where does this harassment end?
You live in the canton of Schaffhausen. They will fine you if you do not vote.
Is it mandatory to vote or to vote for each object the votation has ?
TIL…
I love that Schaffhausen kept that old cornerstone of Swiss democracy. My father likes to tell the story of how when he was a child, the local policeman went from door to door the day after each vote to collect from those who missed it. This was not in Schaffhausen, but in Aargau.
What is weird to me, is that everyone here, in the hls, studies from the ETHZ and UNILU I found, discusses this as if it were a novel idea of Schaffhausen, when to me, this has always been a lost idea from the past.
I really like the idea. “Only those who do not seek power are qualified to hold it.”
CHEH
Should also be mandatory everywhere
You have the chance to vote so do it. Take the minutes and read the things its not bad to know whats going on
Yes this is Schaffhausen. But for 6 CHF you get the right to shout at the stupid voters.
Shouldve just voted 💀
🤣🤣🤣🤣