Six-month term constitutional reform of January 2021

Proposed by Conservative Movement in Matterhorn

Bundesrat: 57.1% / 67% of all seats Ständerat: 45.7% / 67% of all seats Nationalrat: 46.0% / 67% of all seats

Package Overview (3 measures)

Failed
Created: Jan. 4, 2021
Opened: Jan. 4, 2021
Closed: March 5, 2021

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Current wording is shown as it was when voting began.

Legislatures

The Bundesrat is elected every 6 months (currently 6)
every 6 months
every 6 months
Six-month term reform: The time for stagnation is over. By maintaining an anachronistic 48-month term in a world where a day passes in an hour, we condemn Matterhorn to inertia and our democracy to asphyxiation. Such a delay amounts to months of real-world waiting, which is the graveyard of civic energy. Shifting to a 6-month cycle is a vital necessity. It is the precise balance required to allow leaders to carry out genuine reforms while guaranteeing a simultaneous, rigorous, and cohabitation-free renewal of all our institutions. Democracy is not a privilege exercised once every millennium, it is a constant battle. Let us not fear the verdict of the ballot box, let us provoke it. Let us adopt this reform so that Matterhorn remains a living, bold nation resolutely turned toward the future.
The Ständerat is elected every 6 months (currently 6)
every 6 months
every 6 months
Six-month term reform: The time for stagnation is over. By maintaining an anachronistic 48-month term in a world where a day passes in an hour, we condemn Matterhorn to inertia and our democracy to asphyxiation. Such a delay amounts to months of real-world waiting, which is the graveyard of civic energy. Shifting to a 6-month cycle is a vital necessity. It is the precise balance required to allow leaders to carry out genuine reforms while guaranteeing a simultaneous, rigorous, and cohabitation-free renewal of all our institutions. Democracy is not a privilege exercised once every millennium, it is a constant battle. Let us not fear the verdict of the ballot box, let us provoke it. Let us adopt this reform so that Matterhorn remains a living, bold nation resolutely turned toward the future.
The Nationalrat is elected every 6 months (currently 6)
every 6 months
every 6 months
Six-month term reform: The time for stagnation is over. By maintaining an anachronistic 48-month term in a world where a day passes in an hour, we condemn Matterhorn to inertia and our democracy to asphyxiation. Such a delay amounts to months of real-world waiting, which is the graveyard of civic energy. Shifting to a 6-month cycle is a vital necessity. It is the precise balance required to allow leaders to carry out genuine reforms while guaranteeing a simultaneous, rigorous, and cohabitation-free renewal of all our institutions. Democracy is not a privilege exercised once every millennium, it is a constant battle. Let us not fear the verdict of the ballot box, let us provoke it. Let us adopt this reform so that Matterhorn remains a living, bold nation resolutely turned toward the future.

Proposer's case

The time for stagnation is over. By maintaining an anachronistic 48-month term in a world where a day passes in an hour, we condemn Matterhorn to inertia and our democracy to asphyxiation. Such a delay amounts to months of real-world waiting, which is the graveyard of civic energy. Shifting to a 6-month cycle is a vital necessity. It is the precise balance required to allow leaders to carry out genuine reforms while guaranteeing a simultaneous, rigorous, and cohabitation-free renewal of all our institutions. Democracy is not a privilege exercised once every millennium, it is a constant battle. Let us not fear the verdict of the ballot box, let us provoke it. Let us adopt this reform so that Matterhorn remains a living, bold nation resolutely turned toward the future.

Vote tally

Bundesrat

Failed
4Yes 0No 3Not voted 7 seats

For: 4 / 7 seats (57.1%) — needs 67.0%

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 3

Party Seats Vote
Conservative Movement Proposer 3 Yes
Libertarian Nationalist 0 Yes
Reformist League Of Matterhorn 1 Yes

Ständerat

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21Yes 0No 25Not voted 46 seats

For: 21 / 46 seats (45.7%) — needs 67.0%

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 25

Party Seats Vote
Conservative Movement Proposer 13 Yes
Libertarian Nationalist 0 Yes
Reformist League Of Matterhorn 8 Yes

Nationalrat

Failed
92Yes 0No 108Not voted 200 seats

For: 92 / 200 seats (46.0%) — needs 67.0%

Against: 0 · Abstained: 0 · Not voted: 108

Party Seats Vote
Conservative Movement Proposer 56 Yes
Libertarian Nationalist 0 Yes
Reformist League Of Matterhorn 36 Yes

Voting record

Every vote must state a public reason. Most recent first.

“It makes perfect sense considering how long it takes for elections to be held; this is more a matter of necessity than politics, which is why we support it”

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