Ordinance on the Pilot Introduction of Electronic Voting for Swiss Nationals Abroad - Voting
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
1. Voting may take place at the ballot box, by postal mail, and experimentally for Swiss citizens abroad, also electronically.
2. The government council decides on the implementation of trials with electronic voting.
3. It sets out the procedure in accordance with the provisions of federal legislation and obtains approval from the Federal Council.
1. The State Chancellery oversees the process of electronic voting and is responsible for decrypting the electronically cast votes. In cooperation with the municipalities, it particularly ensures that double voting is excluded.
2. It conducts the procedure for the plausibility verification of the electronic results.
1. The electronic voting register for Swiss citizens abroad is centrally maintained by the municipality of Schaffhausen on behalf of the canton.
2. The government council enters into a contract with the municipality of Schaffhausen regarding the management of the voting register for Swiss citizens abroad.
1. Municipalities are obligated to transmit the voting register data of Swiss citizens abroad free of charge upon request by the Residents' Control of Schaffhausen. They also continuously forward all changes to the Residents' Control of Schaffhausen.
2. The voting register data is used to create a virtual cantonal voting register for Swiss citizens abroad, which serves as the basis for electronic voting.
1. The voting certificates for electronic voting are produced by the canton. The canton bears the costs of these voting certificates.
2. The canton is responsible for the dispatch of the voting certificates for electronic voting. It may provide that the voting materials are sent directly from the certified printing center to the eligible voters for whom electronic voting is available.
1. This regulation shall enter into force on May 1, 2010.
2. It shall be published in the Official Gazette and included in the cantonal legislative collection.