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Should public discrimination based on sexual orientation be punishable by law?

Should public discrimination based on sexual orientation be punishable by law?
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  • Yes 100% (2)
  • No 0% (0)

VoteWorld community: 2

Official result — Switzerland

  • Yes 63.1% (1414160)
  • No 36.9% (827235)

Official result — Switzerland: 2241395

Official Swiss vote totals are shown separately from live VoteWorld votes. Official source: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/630.00. Imported: 2026-05-31.

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AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: This vote extended existing criminal protections against racial, ethnic and religious discrimination to sexual orientation. Public and intentional discrimination that violated human dignity, as well as public incitement to hatred, could be punished. Supporters argued that LGBT people needed stronger protection from public hatred and discrimination. Opponents argued that existing laws were sufficient and feared restrictions on freedom of expression. Swiss voters approved the law.

Seed source: Swissvotes federal popular vote dataset.
Swissvotes page: https://swissvotes.ch/vote/630.00
Official result data: https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/va/20200209/det630.html
Vote date: 2020-02-09
Original Swissvotes English title: Ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation
Original German title: Verbot der Diskriminierung aufgrund der sexuellen Orientierung
Swissvotes short-description title: Diskriminierung aufgrund sexueller Orientierung wird strafbar
Original French title: Interdiction de la discrimination en raison de l’orientation sexuelle
Official German explanatory information: https://web.archive.org/web/20191224165639/https://www.admin.ch/gov/de/start/dokumentation/abstimmungen/20200209/divieto-della-discriminazione-basata-sull-orientamento-sessuale.html
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/32574
Department information (German): https://web.archive.org/web/20191221152044/https://www.ejpd.admin.ch/ejpd/de/home/aktuell/abstimmungen/verbot-diskriminierung-aufgrund-sexueller-orientierung.html
easyvote explainer video (German): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-LQEqGBw4c
easyvote explainer video (French): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTj7psPcwtg
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=de#c=indicator&i=vp20200209.prop_oui_630_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic&lang=fr#c=indicator&i=vp20200209.prop_oui_630_0
Official chronology (German): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/d/pore/rf/cr/2018/20181644.html
Official chronology (French): https://www.bk.admin.ch/ch/f/pore/rf/cr/2018/20181644.html