Should your country have direct democracy?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This vote was about whether Switzerland should return to a system of direct democracy, limiting the emergency powers of Parliament. The initiative aimed to enhance citizen participation in decision-making processes.
VoteWorld wording adapted from a Swiss federal vote. Seed votes are official Swiss results for the original linked proposal, not votes cast on this adapted wording.
AI model: gpt-4o-mini

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/148.00
Official result data: https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/19490911/det148.html
Vote date: 1949-09-11
Original Swissvotes English title: Initiative «für die Rückkehr zur direkten Demokratie»
Original German title: Initiative «für die Rückkehr zur direkten Demokratie»
Swissvotes short-description title: Erfolgreiche Initiative setzt den Dringlichkeitskompetenzen des Parlaments Grenzen
Original French title: Initiative «pour le retour à la démocratie directe»
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=de#c=indicator&i;=vp19490911.prop_oui_148_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=fr#c=indicator&i;=vp19490911.prop_oui_148_0
Official chronology (German): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/vi/vis56.html
Official chronology (French): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/pore/vi/vis56.html