Should governments be allowed to override market rules during severe shortages?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This vote gave the federal government constitutional authority to secure supplies of essential goods and services during severe shortages that the market could not resolve. It could introduce preventive measures and, where necessary, depart from normal commercial freedom. Supporters argued that oil and food shortages had shown that crisis preparedness was needed in peacetime as well as war. Critics feared that the power could be used for broader economic intervention. Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved the constitutional change.

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/300.00
Official result data: https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/19800302/det300.html
Vote date: 1980-03-02
Original Swissvotes English title: Neuordnung der Landesversorgung
Original German title: Neuordnung der Landesversorgung
Swissvotes short-description title: Ja zu neuer Versorgungspolitik: Bund soll auch in Friedenszeiten Krisen verhindern
Original French title: Nouvelle réglementation de l'approvisionnement du pays
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp19800302.prop_oui_300_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp19800302.prop_oui_300_0
Official chronology (German): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/rf/cr/1979/19790178.html
Official chronology (French): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/pore/rf/cr/1979/19790178.html