Swiss vote results on self-determination, cow horns and welfare fraud – 25 November 2018

Today, Swiss voters voted on self-determination, cow horn and welfare fraud investigation initiatives.

Both the self-determination and cow horn votes were rejected by 66.2% and 54.7% of voters respectively.

Majorities in all cantons voted against the self-determination initiative.

While most cantons were against providing extra financial support to farmers keeping livestock with horns, five cantons had majorities in favour of it. The cantons of Glarus (50.9%), Basel-City (56.8%), Basel-Landschaft (51.6%), Ticino (50.4%) and Geneva (59.8%) were all largely in favour of the plan.

The welfare fraud investigation vote was accepted by 64.7% of Swiss voters, with nearly all cantons in favour, a result in line with the Federal Council’s position. Only the cantons of Jura (51.4%) and Geneva (58.6%) had majorities voting “no” on this initiative.

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