Federal Act
on Political Rights
(PRA)¹

¹ A can­did­ate list may con­tain no more names of per­sons eli­gible for elec­tion than the num­ber of seats in the Na­tion­al Coun­cil that have been al­loc­ated to the con­stitu­ency, and no name may ap­pear more than twice on any list. Where a can­did­ate list con­tains more than the max­im­um num­ber of names, the last names on the list shall be de­leted.

² The can­did­ate lists must provide the fol­low­ing de­tails for each can­did­ate:

a.

of­fi­cial sur­name and first names;

b.

the name by which the per­son is known in polit­ics or in every­day life;

c.

sex;

d.

date of birth;

e.

home ad­dress in­clud­ing post­code;

f.

place and can­ton of ori­gin; and

g.

oc­cu­pa­tion.⁴⁶

³ Each can­did­ate must con­firm in writ­ing that they ac­cept their nom­in­a­tion. In the ab­sence of such con­firm­a­tion, the name of the can­did­ate shall be de­leted from the list.⁴⁷