Opponents of a state-owned E-ID collect 63'000 signatures
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What a confusion: Thursday evening, it was not possible to know precisely how many signatures for the referendum against digital identity had been deposited at the Federal Chancellery. In question: a quarrel between the referendumistsOn the afternoon, the Friends of the Constitution announced, with some pride, that they had collected "more than 63,000 signatures throughout Switzerland for the referendum against the ID", i.e. electronic identity.…
The Swiss voting population could soon vote a second time on the introduction of an electronic proof of identity.
Parliament has adopted the E-ID, but the last word is said to have the people again. E-ID opponents took the referendum and submitted over 50,000 signatures to the Federal Chancellery. They see through the E-ID the democratic freedom of the population at risk.
The committee opposing the federal government's planned introduction of the e-ID submitted over 50,000 certified signatures on Thursday. This means the people will vote on the measure again.
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