Principle

1. This ordinance regulates the implementation of Art. 7ter of the Cantonal Constitution regarding the optional financial referendum in cantonal matters.

1. The submission to the optional referendum or the exemption from submission due to urgency must be recorded in the Grand Council's resolution.

2. The Grand Council's resolutions subject to the optional referendum shall be published in the cantonal publication organ.

1. The 30-day referendum period is triggered by the publication of the decision in the cantonal publication organ.

2. The commencement and conclusion of the referendum period are governed by the Law on Time Limits dated April 24, 1966.

3. The end of the referendum period must be recorded in the publication.

1. The referendum request must be clearly formulated and must not contain any conditions. It may only pertain to a single resolution of the Grand Council that is subject to an optional referendum and cannot be combined with an initiative request.

1. The list for collecting signatures for a referendum must contain the following information

a) the name of the district in which the signatories are eligible to vote;

b) the request for initiating a Landsgemeinde decision;

c) the designation of the resolution against which the referendum is directed;

d) the notice: "According to Article 282 of the Swiss Penal Code, anyone who unlawfully participates in a referendum or initiative request or falsifies the result of a signature collection for the exercise of the referendum or initiative, particularly by adding, altering, omitting, or deleting signatures, shall be punished with imprisonment or a fine."

1. The name, first name, date of birth, and address must be handwritten, complete, and legible in a signature list of the correct district. Repetition symbols are only allowed for the address.

2. As the address, the street and house number or the property name must be entered, as long as this allows for clear identification.

3. Each eligible voter must make their own entry and sign it personally.

4. For eligible voters who are unable to write, another eligible voter may enter their own name in block letters in the signature field along with the note "on behalf" or "o.b." and confirm this with their signature.

5. The referendum request may only be signed once.

1. Submission of signature lists must be done either by postal service or in person at the Council Office.

2. The Council Office shall confirm receipt and record the date of receipt and the names of the individuals who submitted the lists.

3. A submitted referendum petition cannot be withdrawn.

1. The Council Office verifies for each person who has signed the referendum request whether they were registered in the electoral register at the time of the submission of the signature list.

2. The refusal to certify is noted by the following letter

a) a = illegible;

b) b = not identifiable;

c) c = signed multiple times;

d) d = not in the electoral register;

e) e = missing personal signature;

f) f = incorrect date of birth.

3. The Council Office checks whether the further requirements for optional referendums are met.

4. It records the results of the verification and submits them to the State Commission.

1. The Governing Commission determines whether the referendum has been validly initiated.

2. The referendum is not considered valid if

a) it has been submitted after the expiration of the referendum period;

b) it does not comply with the requirements for optional referendums;

c) it does not reach the required number of valid signatures.

3. Invalid signatures are those that have not been certified or have been wrongly certified, as well as those on lists submitted after the expiration of the referendum period.

4. The decision of the Governing Commission is published in the official publication organ.

**1. If an optional referendum has been initiated, the Cantonal Commission forwards the documents to the Grand Council.**

1. Expenditures Subject to the Optional Referendum: Expenditures that are subject to the optional referendum may only be executed once the referendum period has elapsed without use, a submitted referendum has failed to be established, or the referendum request has been rejected by the Landsgemeinde.

2. The Great Council may, in urgent cases, decide with at least a two-thirds majority that an expenditure may be executed in whole or in part beforehand. No referendum is possible against this decision. It renders a pending referendum null and void.

1. The Ordinance on the Optional Financial Referendum of June 2, 1969, is repealed.

1. This resolution takes effect upon acceptance by the Grand Council.