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Popular vote · 10.06.2018Federal ballot

Popular initiative ‘For crisis-safe money: Money creation by the National Bank only! (Sovereign Money Initiative)’

Votes2018
24.3% YesNo 75.7%
Votes
Rejected
Yes
24.3% 442'387
No
75.7% 1'379'540
Cantonal majority
0 / 23
Turnout
34.4%

Ballot-weighted result across 2'116 municipalities

Result by municipality

yes share per municipality
NoYesNo result
#MunicipalityYes shareCanton
1Schelten57.1%BE
2Fahy51.0%JU
3Saint-Brais50.0%JU
4Sorvilier49.1%BE
5Vernier47.6%GE
6Campo (Vallemaggia)47.4%TI
7Onex46.1%GE
8Geneva45.9%GE
9Carouge45.5%GE
10Avully45.3%GE

Result by district

yes share per district — the district figures BFS publishes; cantons without districts stay neutral
NoYesNo result

Result by district

District results as published by the FSO — top 10 yes / top 10 no

How the cantons voted

yes share per municipality

This Vorlage needed a majority of the people AND a majority of the cantons. Six cantons count as a half (BV Art. 142).

0 of 23 cantons — Rejected
NoYesNo result
Schwyz81.0%
Uri79.9%
Grisons79.7%
#CantonYes shareTurnoutMunicipalities
1Geneva40.3%40.7%45
2Basel-City29.7%46.4%3
3Appenzell Ausserrhoden27.7%31.6%20
4Jura27.4%25.8%51
5Schaffhausen27.2%64.1%26
6Neuchâtel26.0%29.8%24
7Thurgau25.3%28.4%80
8Fribourg25.0%28.3%119
9Ticino25.0%35.5%100
10Zurich24.7%34.8%160
11St. Gallen24.0%31.6%75
12Valais24.0%61.8%122
13Basel-Landschaft23.9%31.5%86
14Bern23.2%26.2%328
15Glarus22.0%31.5%3
16Zug21.7%40.3%11
17Aargau21.6%30.0%196
18Solothurn21.5%38.0%104
19Vaud21.3%36.2%300
20Lucerne21.2%34.5%79
21Appenzell Innerrhoden20.7%23.5%5
22Grisons20.3%39.8%100
23Uri20.1%23.0%19
24Schwyz19.0%35.7%30
25Nidwalden18.0%34.2%11
26Obwalden17.9%32.8%7

The Federal Council publishes its official explanations in German, French and Italian only; there is no English edition, and we do not translate them.

Source: Federal Council explanations (Federal Chancellery), chapter «» · Federal Council explanations (PDF, German)

Text put to the vote on Fedlex (BBl 2017 7895, German)

Source: Fedlex, BBl 2017 7895 — official text

What was the result of the vote “Popular initiative ‘For crisis-safe money: Money creation by the National Bank only! (Sovereign Money Initiative)’”?
On 10.06.2018, “Popular initiative ‘For crisis-safe money: Money creation by the National Bank only! (Sovereign Money Initiative)’” was rejected with 442'387 yes and 1'379'540 no. Turnout was 34.4%.
How did the cantons vote on “Popular initiative ‘For crisis-safe money: Money creation by the National Bank only! (Sovereign Money Initiative)’”?
The strongest yes came from Geneva (40.3%), the strongest no from Obwalden (17.9%).
Was “Popular initiative ‘For crisis-safe money: Money creation by the National Bank only! (Sovereign Money Initiative)’” accepted?
“Popular initiative ‘For crisis-safe money: Money creation by the National Bank only! (Sovereign Money Initiative)’” was rejected nationwide on 10.06.2018.