Should the number of soldiers in the Swiss army be reduced?

AI-generated summary, admin reviewed: The vote was about reducing the number of soldiers in the Swiss army and simplifying its structure. The proposal aimed to modernize military organization while maintaining effectiveness.
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/495.00
Official result data: https://bk.admin.ch/de/details-referenden-und-weitere-erlasse?voteNumber=495
Vote date: 2003-05-18
Original Swissvotes English title: Armee XXI
Original German title: Armee XXI
Swissvotes short-description title: Weniger Soldaten, einfacherer Aufbau: Armee XXI kann marschieren
Original French title: Armée XXI
Année Politique Suisse description: https://anneepolitique.swiss/prozesse/12394
BFS result map (German): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=de#c=indicator&i;=vp20030518.prop_oui_495_0
BFS result map (French): https://mapexplorer.bfs.admin.ch/?obs=politic⟨=fr#c=indicator&i;=vp20030518.prop_oui_495_0
Official chronology (French): https://bk.admin.ch/fr/details-referendums-et-autres-actes?voteNumber=495