Federal Act on Political Rights

¹The Fed­er­al Coun­cil may in con­sulta­tion with in­ter­ested can­tons and com­munes per­mit elec­tron­ic vot­ing pi­lot schemes that are lim­ited in their geo­graph­ic­al scope, in the dates on which they are held, and in the sub­ject mat­ter to which they re­late.

^1bisIt may on ap­plic­a­tion au­thor­ise can­tons that have con­duc­ted elec­tron­ic vot­ing pi­lot schemes suc­cess­fully and without mal­func­tion over a lengthy peri­od to con­tin­ue such schemes for a peri­od that it stip­u­lates. It may make au­thor­isa­tion sub­ject to re­quire­ments or con­di­tions or, tak­ing ac­count of the over­all cir­cum­stances, ex­clude elec­tron­ic vot­ing at any time, wheth­er in terms of its geo­graph­ic­al scope, the sub­ject mat­ter to which it relates, or the date on which it is held.²

²The veri­fic­a­tion of eli­gib­il­ity to vote, vot­ing secrecy and the count­ing of all the votes cast must be guar­an­teed and ab­uses pre­ven­ted.

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⁴The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall reg­u­late the de­tails of such schemes.