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Federal Act
on Political Rights
(PRA)1

of 17 December 1976 (Status as of 23 October 2022)

1 Inserted by No I of the FA of 26 Sept. 2014 (National Council elections), in force since 1 Nov. 2015 (AS 2015 543; BBl 2013 9217).

Art. 10 Organisation

1 The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall de­term­ine the rules by which polling days are ap­poin­ted. In do­ing so, it shall take ac­count of the re­quire­ments of those eli­gible to vote, par­lia­ment, the can­tons, the parties and the agen­cies re­spons­ible for ef­fect­ing ser­vice of vot­ing doc­u­ments, and shall avoid any col­li­sions of dates that may res­ult from dif­fer­ences between the cal­en­dar year and the church year.18

1bis The Fed­er­al Coun­cil shall de­term­ine, four months pri­or to the polling day at the latest, which pro­pos­als are to be sub­mit­ted to a pop­u­lar vote. This peri­od of four months may be re­duced in the case of emer­gency fed­er­al acts.19

2 Each can­ton is re­spons­ible for the con­duct of the vote with­in its own ter­rit­ory and is­sues the re­quired reg­u­la­tions.

18 Amended by No I of the FA of 21 June 2002, in force since 1 Jan. 2003 (AS 2002 3193; BBl 2001 6401).

19 In­ser­ted by No I of the FA of 21 June 2002, in force since 1 Jan. 2003 (AS 2002 3193; BBl 2001 6401).