Federal Act on Political Rights

¹If a mul­tiple can­did­acy is dis­covered fol­low­ing the rec­ti­fic­a­tion of the can­did­ate lists, the can­did­acy con­cerned shall be de­clared in­val­id on all the lists af­fected:

a.

by the can­ton, where the same can­did­ate ap­pears on more than one list in that can­ton;

b.

by the Fed­er­al Chan­cellery, where the same can­did­ate ap­pears on lists in more than one can­ton.

²The can­tons con­cerned and the Fed­er­al Chan­cellery shall in­form each oth­er im­me­di­ately of the can­did­a­cies that have been de­clared in­val­id.

³Where pos­sible, the names of per­sons whose can­did­acy has been de­clared in­val­id shall be de­leted from the lists be­fore they are pub­lished.

⁴The de­clar­a­tion of the in­valid­ity of a can­did­acy on lists that have already been pub­lished shall be pub­lished im­me­di­ately in elec­tron­ic form in the Fed­er­al Gaz­ette and in the of­fi­cial gaz­ette of all the can­tons con­cerned.