Cantonal Council Rules (CCR) (KRR)

1 The President of the Cantonal Council invites the designated members Invitation and

of the Cantonal Council to the constituent meeting. Opening

2 The oldest and the youngest present member of the Cantonal Council

open the constituent meeting. They deliver their speeches in alphabetical

order.

3 The member of the Cantonal Council who speaks first at the opening

presides over the ascertainment of the election result.

4 The member of the Cantonal Council who speaks second at the opening

presides over the election of the President of the Cantonal Council. For this

purpose, they provisionally designate two members of the Council Bureau

and four tellers.

The constituent session follows the following procedure

a. Speech by the oldest and youngest attending cantonal council member,

b. Verification of the election results,

c. Taking of the oath of office by the members of the Cantonal Council and the Government Council,

d. Election of the Cantonal Council President,

e. Election of the First and Second Vice Presidents,

f. Election of the three Cantonal Council Secretaries,

g. Acknowledgment of the presidents designated by the parliamentary groups,

h. Election of the other members of the Executive Board in accordance with § 20 para. 2 KRG,

i. Election of the tellers,

j. Confirmation of the constitution of the Cantonal Council.

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Session Times

Session Planning

and Further

Session Times

Session

Attendance

Public Information

Minutes

1 The Cantonal Council ordinarily convenes on Monday mornings. The session usually begins at 8:15 AM.

2 To reduce the workload, the Executive Board may schedule additional sessions on Monday afternoons. These begin at 2:30 PM.

3 The sessions last three to four hours.

1 The Executive Board determines the non-sitting period of the Cantonal Council and its bodies in an annual plan. It particularly takes into account school holidays as well as federal and cantonal public holidays.

2 In cases of high workload and for the discussion of the budget or particularly extensive and urgent matters, it may schedule additional meetings on other weekdays. These generally begin at 2:30 PM or 7:00 PM.

3 Meeting dates will be announced in good time.

4 Four days before the meetings, an invitation stating the items for deliberation will be sent to the members of the Cantonal Council. The President of the Cantonal Council may shorten this period in urgent cases.

1 If a member of the Cantonal Council is prevented from attending a session, they must excuse themselves in writing to a Cantonal Council Secretary.

2 Members of the Cantonal Council must sign the attendance list at the beginning of the Cantonal Council session. If they leave a session prematurely, they must excuse themselves in writing to a Cantonal Council Secretary.

3 Information regarding the attendance of Cantonal Council members is public.

1 The Cantonal Council and its organs shall inform the public by means of media conferences and communications and broadcast the debates of the Cantonal Council in image and sound. They shall use the digital platforms of the Cantonal Council for this purpose.

2 The invitations to the Cantonal Council meetings shall additionally be published in the Official Gazette of the Canton of Zurich.

1 The minutes shall contain the motions, the votes, the disciplinary

measures, the type of disposition, and the results of

elections and ballots, as well as the nominal rolls for roll-call votes.

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2 It shall state the titles of the submitted legislative proposals and parliamentary

initiatives, as well as the names of the first signatory Cantonal

Council members.

3 It shall be approved by a subcommittee of the Bureau. Objections to the approval shall be finally decided by the

Bureau.

4 It shall be published on the digital platform of the Cantonal Council.

1. Access to the Council Chamber is reserved for accredited media professionals.

2. The Executive Board decides on the accreditation of media professionals and the allocation of seats in the Council Chamber.

3. It may withdraw the accreditation of a media professional if he or she violates the house rules or the rules of the Cantonal Council.

4. The Secretary General may issue daily accreditations in individual cases.

1 For visitors to the Cantonal Council meetings, seats are available in the gallery.

2 If a visitor is unable to access the gallery due to a physical disability, he or she will be admitted to the Council Chamber.

1. If a motion for the exclusion of the public is made pursuant to exclusion of the

The Executive Board performs the duties according to the Cantonal Further

Council Law and

Duties

a. plans the deliberations in coordination with the Government Council and

ensures the expeditious processing of interpellations and parliamentary

initiatives,

b. decides on the type of deliberation upon application by the preparatory

committee,

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Procedure for

information

access

requests

Accounting

Signing of

documents

Appointment of

committees

Representation

c. decides on requests from committees to suspend the business assigned

to them,

d. interprets procedural and organizational relevant questions,

e. decides on conflicts of jurisdiction between the organs of the Cantonal

Council,

f. determines the delegations and representations in international and

intercantonal associations,

g. examines the report and motion of the Government Council regarding

appeals filed against the Cantonal Council elections and submits a

motion to the Cantonal Council.

1 The Executive Board decides on requests for access to information that the Cantonal Council or its bodies have themselves created or received as the primary addressee. It invites the body concerned to comment beforehand.

2 It forwards requests for access to other information to the competent body.

The Board of Directors applies the Law on Controlling and Accounting of January 9, 20066 and the corresponding implementing decrees of the Government Council with regard to accounting.

The Cantonal Council President

signs with the Secretary General

all documents originating from the Cantonal Council and the Management Committee.

2. Section: The Commissions

A. General Provisions

**1 Distribution of Seats in Committees and Election of Chairpersons**

The number and size of the parliamentary groups at the beginning of the legislative period are decisive for the distribution of seats in committees and the election of chairpersons.

**2 Relinquishment of Presiding Offices or Seats**

If a parliamentary group relinquishes a presiding office or a seat, or if it cannot assert its claim, this entitlement shall lapse in favor of the parliamentary group with the next lowest claim.

**3 Equal Claims**

If several parliamentary groups have the same calculated claim, the decision shall be made by drawing lots.

1 Substitutions must be reported by the party groups to the Commission Secretariat as early as possible.

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2 Representation is excluded in the Bureau and in the oversight commissions. In the event of a long-term impediment of a commission member, the Bureau may approve a substitution upon application by the party group.

**1 Meeting Days**

The commissions shall meet on the half-day designated for meetings by the Executive Board. Sub-commissions may also hold meetings at other times.

**2**

For the determination of the meeting half-days, the Executive Board shall first consult the Supervisory Commissions and then the Subject-Matter Commissions.

**3**

Sundays as well as federal and cantonal holidays are generally free of meetings.

**Session Planning**

Session planning and invitations for expert commissions are publicly accessible.

The Commission determines who participates in its meetings. Meeting

participants

1 The first signatory member of the Cantonal Council of a motion, hearing of

of a postulate or a parliamentary initiative has the right to represent their point of view to the preparatory committee.

2 If unable to attend, they may submit a written statement.

1. The Commission notes the conclusion of the detailed consultation procedure for decrees. The final vote generally takes place two weeks thereafter.

2. In the final vote, there is a compulsory vote.

If a commission wishes to suspend the deliberation of a consultation item assigned to it for a specific period, it submits a reasoned request to the management.

1 The sessions in accordance with § 21 para. 2 KRG usually take place

twice a year.

2 The Presidents of the Supervisory Commissions coordinate the activities of parliamentary control. To this end, they hold joint meetings.

1 The commissions shall inform the public about the results of their deliberations, the essential decisions including the vote count, and the key arguments presented during the deliberations.

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Reporting

2 The President or the members delegated by the commission are responsible for informing the media. Other members shall not preempt this information.

3 The content of the media information shall be communicated in advance to the President of the Cantonal Council and the presidents of the parliamentary groups.

4 Once the public has been informed, other commission members may publicly comment on the matters discussed in the commission and their respective views. It must not be disclosed how other meeting participants expressed themselves or voted.

1 The commissions and the executive board shall designate one or more of their members for oral reports to the Cantonal Council.

2 They shall report in writing on matters under deliberation for which the members of the Cantonal Council do not have explanatory official documents.

3 They shall submit a motion to the executive board concerning the type of deliberation. A motion for a written procedure requires the unanimity of the commission.

Commission Minutes

a. Recording

b. Content

c. Approval

d. Identification

1 The deliberations of the commissions are recorded for minutes. The recordings may not be used for any other purpose.

2 The recordings are deleted three months after the approval of the minutes by the commission.

1 The commission minutes shall contain the essential content of the interventions, the motions verbatim, the manner of disposal, and the results of elections and votes.

2 Short-form minutes or minutes of decisions are permissible, provided that no enactments are deliberated.

**1 The minutes will be made available to the commission members and other meeting participants after their preparation.**

**2 The commission usually approves the minutes at the following meeting.**

Protocols subject to Commission secrecy shall be marked accordingly.

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Each ad hoc committee comprises 15 members, including the President or Vice-President of the committee.

The expert committees shall expeditiously deal with the matters assigned to them.

Treatment

C. Supervisory Commissions

Each supervisory commission has eleven members, including the commission's president.

1 The Standing Committee on Education and Health (ABG) exercises parliamentary control over the participation strategy of the Government Council and the participations of the Canton in the areas of education and health.

Standing Committee

on Education

and Health

(ABG)

2 It exercises parliamentary control over finances, insofar as the Finance Committee is not responsible for it.

3 It submits proposals to the Cantonal Council for the approval of business reports of the participations, insofar as their approval by the Cantonal Council is provided for.

4 If tasks of the Canton are transferred to private entities, the Committee reviews the controlling exercised by the Government Council or the competent directorate and the compliance with legal provisions in the performance of services.

on economic

1 The Standing Committee on Economic Affairs and Supervision (AWU) exercises parliamentary oversight over the Zurich Cantonal Bank and the cantonal government's investment strategy, as well as the canton's significant stakes in economic enterprises, in particular AXPO Holding AG, Elektrizitätswerke des Kantons Zürich, Flughafen Zürich AG, and Gebäudeversicherung Kanton Zürich.

2 It exercises parliamentary oversight over finances, to the extent that the Finance Committee is not responsible for this.

3 It submits proposals to the Cantonal Council for the approval of business reports from significant participations, when their approval by the Cantonal Council is provided for.

4 If cantonal tasks are outsourced to private entities, the Committee reviews the controlling of the cantonal government or the competent department, as well as compliance with legal provisions in the performance of services.

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Finance Committee

a. Tasks

b. Rapporteurs

c. Preliminary Budget Deliberation

1 The Finance Committee exercises parliamentary control

over the canton's finances.

2 It submits proposals to the Cantonal Council

a. for determining the budget,

b. for approving supplementary credit requests,

c. for approving the annual financial statements and the consolidated statements,

d. for proposals from the Government Council that serve the medium-term balancing

of accounts in the sense of Art. 56 para. 3 KV3,

e. for setting the tax rate,

f. for approving the activity report of the Financial Control,

g. for matters concerning the Lottery Fund.

3 In the cases of para. 2 lit. a–d, the proposal is made in coordination

with the specialized committees, the Justice Committee, and the Management Board.

1 The Finance Commission shall, at the beginning of each term of office,

designate rapporteurs for the deliberation of the budget, supplementary

credit requests, annual financial statements, consolidated financial

statements, and the medium-term balance.

2 The rapporteurs shall participate in the meetings of the specialized

commissions, the Justice Commission, and the Bureau for the purpose

of coordination.

3 They may participate in the preliminary deliberations of the commissions

on agenda items with significant financial implications, with a consultative

vote.

4 They shall have access to the minutes and documents of the commission

assigned to them, to the extent that these are not subject to commission

secrecy.

1 The Finance Commission shall decide, within three weeks of the referral of the draft budget by the Government Council, on the development of the individual service groups within the framework of the legal basis.

2 The specialized commissions and the Justice Commission shall implement the specifications of the Finance Commission and submit their proposals to it no later than Monday of the tenth week after the referral of the draft budget.

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3 If the proposals of the specialized commissions or the Justice Commission do not agree with those of the Finance Commission, the Finance Commission shall invite the responsible member of the Government Council or of the highest court for an oral statement. It may also hear a delegation from the specialized commission or the Justice Commission.7

4 If the Finance Commission does not follow the proposal of the responsible specialized commission or the Justice Commission, it shall supplement its own proposal with the proposal of the specialized commission or the Justice Commission.

**d. Amendment of Indicators**

If the Government Council wishes to create, change or abolish an indicator for a performance group budget, it shall inform the Finance Commission and the relevant subject-matter commission in advance of the budget and justify the change.

1 The Business Auditing Commission exercises parliamentary Business

control over Auditing

a. the Government Council and its administration, Commission

b. the Data Protection Officer, the Ombudsperson and their administration,

c. the recognized ecclesiastical corporations and the recognized religious communities,

d. other bodies performing public tasks in accordance with Art. 57 Cst.3, insofar as they are not assigned to another supervisory commission.

2 It submits proposals to the Cantonal Council regarding motions and postulates that are proposed for write-off with the Government Council's business report.

3 It monitors compliance with the deadlines for processing referred motions and postulates as well as provisionally supported individual and authority initiatives, and submits proposals to the Cantonal Council regarding requests from the Government Council for extensions of deadlines.

1 The Justice Commission exercises parliamentary control over

a. the supreme courts as well as the courts and authorities subordinate

to them,

b. the cantonal criminal prosecution authorities that are subordinate to

or administratively affiliated with the Directorate of Justice and

Home Affairs.

Commission

a. Duties

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2 It submits a motion to the Cantonal Council for approval of

a. the accountability reports of the supreme courts,

b. the business report of the Government Council in the area of criminal

prosecution authorities according to para. 1 lit. b.

3 It submits a motion to the Cantonal Council regarding items for

discussion that are presented by the supreme courts.

1 The Interfractional Conference determines, before the occupation

of judicial positions, which parliamentary group, by virtue of its strength in the Cantonal

Council, can mathematically lay claim to the seat. It communicates the result

to the Justice Commission.

2 The Justice Commission advertises vacant positions for members

and substitute members of the courts responsible for the entire cantonal territory,

subject to para. 4. In doing so, it indicates the

parliamentary group that claims the seat.

3 It examines the candidates for professional and personal suitability.

It regulates the details of the examination in a regulation

that is subject to approval by the Steering Committee.

4 The courts advertise vacant positions for substitute members

for which they have a statutory right of proposal. The

Justice Commission examines the candidate named by the court

for professional and personal suitability.

1 If the Government Council submits a request for pardon, the members of the Cantonal Council receive an anonymized summary of the facts with justification.

2 If the Government Council rejects a request for pardon, it submits the decision to the Justice Commission for their information.

b. Judicial elections

c. Pardon

D. Editorial Committee

a. Duties

b. Substantive revision

The Editorial Commission examines after the conclusion of the first reading in the Cantonal Council whether the enactments

a. reflect the regulatory intentions of the Cantonal Council,

b. comply with the requirements of drafting and legislative technique,

c. are formulated clearly, understandably, and concisely.

1 If the editorial committee cannot clarify substantive gaps, un-

certainties or contradictions itself, it refers the consultation item to the preparatory committee for rectification.

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2 If the editorial committee and the preparatory committee cannot reach an agreement, the management decides and submits a corresponding proposal to the Cantonal Council.

1. Participants

Representatives with advisory votes may participate in the meetings of the Editorial Commission

a. a representative of the preliminary commission,

b. a representative of the competent directorate.

2. The Editorial Commission determines the participation of representatives of the administrative bodies responsible for legislative technique.

3rd Section: Parliamentary Groups

1. The employees of the parliamentary group secretariats receive the

commission documents and minutes relating to enactments, financial decisions,

planning decisions, parliamentary interpellations, and parliamentary initiatives.

2. The parliamentary groups designate the corresponding employees

and report them to the Administrative Delegation.

3. The provisions concerning official secrecy pursuant to § 51 of the Personnel

Act of September 27, 19985, for the employees of the parliamentary services

apply mutatis mutandis to the employees of the parliamentary group

secretariats.

4. If compliance with official secrecy is not guaranteed,

the Executive Board may refuse to deliver the commission documents

to the employees of the parliamentary group secretariats.

Part 3: Council Operations

Section 1: General Provisions

1 The President of the Cantonal Council presides over meetings,

opens, leads, and closes the Cantonal Council meeting.

2 He or she ensures adherence to parliamentary procedure, the

observance of parliamentary decorum, and order in the council chamber.

3 He or she may, in the event of disruptive disturbance, interrupt or

close the meeting for a specified period.

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Disciplinary

Measures

House Rules

a. Exercise

b. Measures

1 The President of the Cantonal Council shall call meeting participants to order if they

a. deviate from the subject matter,

b. exceed their speaking time,

c. make offensive remarks,

d. disrupt the Cantonal Council meeting through their conduct,

e. violate procedural rules.

2 They may withdraw the right to speak from a meeting participant in the following cases

a. after a call to order has been made, in the event of a repeat offense,

b. immediately and without a prior call to order in serious cases.

3 If a Cantonal Council member's right to speak is withdrawn, it cannot be granted to them again for the same agenda item.

4 Upon proposal by the President of the Cantonal Council, the Cantonal Council may exclude one of its members for the remainder of the meeting if that member repeatedly disrupts the Cantonal Council meeting, particularly if they continue to speak despite their right to speak being withdrawn or repeatedly make offensive remarks.

1 The President of the Cantonal Council exercises the house rights of the Cantonal Council. She or he may delegate these to the Secretary General.

2 During the meetings of the organs of the Cantonal Council, the presidents of the respective organs exercise the house rights.

3 The house rights extend to the premises of the City Hall during the Cantonal Council meetings, the meeting rooms of the organs of the Cantonal Council, and the office premises of the parliamentary services.

4 The Administrative Delegation determines the use of the rented meeting rooms for the organs of the Cantonal Council.

Based on the house rules, the competent person can

a. determine access to the premises,

b. issue a prohibition on taking still or moving images,

c. expel persons from the premises who do not adhere to the rules, continue to behave improperly despite a warning, or disturb the peace,

d. assign persons who endanger public order through their behavior to the police forces.

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Correspondence between the Cantonal Council, its organs, and the cantonal authorities, as well as within the Cantonal Council, may take place electronically.

Section 2: Deliberation

1 The deliberations of the Cantonal Council serve the public exchange of essential decision-making arguments and the formation of opinion among the Cantonal Council members. They shall express the different viewpoints and make the decisions comprehensible.

2 Whoever speaks on an item of debate shall be brief and stick to the point.

3 The language of negotiation is High German.

Section 3: Right to submit motions

1. Each member of the Cantonal Council may submit motions concerning a pending consultation item.

2. Motions must be submitted in writing and signed to the Secretary General and electronically to the Parliament Services, and as a rule, before the consultation item is discussed.

3. The justification shall be made orally.

Amendments

1 Motions concerning procedure, order, or the agenda may be made orally and are generally dealt with immediately.

2 The President of the Cantonal Council may limit the right to speak to the proposing Cantonal Council member and one member from each parliamentary group.

3 The Cantonal Council may revert to its decisions until the end of the consideration of an item of business if at least 20 Cantonal Council members support the motion.8

4th Section: Rules of Debate

1 The right to speak is afforded to every member of the Cantonal Council and the

Government Council, as well as to representatives of the organs entitled to submit

motions.

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2 The Cantonal Council may, upon motion by the Executive Board, grant employees

of the Canton or third parties the right to speak in the Cantonal Council if the subject

under discussion requires special knowledge.

Order of Speakers

the speakers is provided. The discussion then follows.

### 1 First, the word for the substantiation or the report –

and speakers

Granting of the floor

Speaking times

### 2 The President of the Cantonal Council determines the order of speakers and thereby ensures a factual completion and expedient structuring of the debate. Decisive factors are consideration for the different views, the alternation of speech and counter-speech, and the order of registrations.

1 In the Cantonal Council, only those who have been granted the floor by the President of the Cantonal Council may speak.

2 On the same point, a speaker may speak at most twice.

3 Rapporteurs of commissions, members of the Government Council, or representatives of another organ entitled to make proposals shall be granted the floor upon request, regardless of the type of debate and out of turn.

4 If a member of the Cantonal Council asks a question to the previous speaker in their contribution, the President of the Cantonal Council shall ensure that the question is answered by the person addressed as promptly as possible.

1 Generally, speaking times are

a. in the entry or general debate

1. ten minutes for

the rapporteur of the proposing and co-reporting commission,

the representative of the Government Council or the authority

entitled to propose,

the group spokesperson,

proponents of dissenting motions for entry,

2. five minutes for other speakers,

b. in the detailed deliberation: five minutes for all speakers,

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c. before the final vote for group spokespersons

five minutes to justify the voting behaviour of the group,

ten minutes for the budget and other important deliberation items,

if the Executive Board decides on a final debate.

2 In the deliberation on the support of parliamentary interpellations

and parliamentary initiatives, the primary signatories of the Cantonal

Council members receive ten minutes, other speakers five minutes

of speaking time.

3 The Cantonal Council may, at the beginning of the session, decide

on different speaking times for a specific deliberation item.

Section 5: Types of Deliberation

1 General Provisions

1 The Cantonal Council deals with its agenda items in the rule in free debate.

2 The Executive Board may decide on the following other types of debate for individual agenda items

a. Short debate,

b. Reduced debate,

c. Written procedure.

3 It announces the type of debate to the Cantonal Council in good time.

4 Any member of the Cantonal Council may request a free debate before discussing an agenda item by means of a motion on a point of order. No discussion takes place on the motion on a point of order. It is deemed adopted if 60 members of the Cantonal Council approve it.

5 Once the debate has begun, the type of debate can no longer be changed.

1 In the free debate, all members of the Cantonal Council may speak. Free Debate

2 Any member of the Cantonal Council may move to close the speakers' list. Notices to speak submitted before such a motion must still be considered.

1 Debates on declarations of urgency or the write-off of short debates

on motions are conducted as short debates, unless another

motion is pending.

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2 In a short debate, all members of the Cantonal Council may speak.

The speaking time is two minutes.

1 For the accelerated processing of an item of business, the Executive Board may decide to conduct a reduced debate. Debates on enactments are exempt.

2 In a reduced debate, the following may take the floor

a. the primary signatory member of the Cantonal Council for motions and parliamentary initiatives,

b. the proposers,

c. the group speakers.

3 The primary signatory member of the Cantonal Council is allotted ten minutes of speaking time to justify a motion or a parliamentary initiative. For all other speakers, the speaking time is five minutes.

4 Motions from the Cantonal Council must be submitted and justified in writing before the relevant item of business is discussed.

1 In written proceedings, there is no right to speak.

2 Motions shall be submitted, substantiated, and brought to the attention of the members of the Cantonal Council in writing before the discussion item is considered.

1 Deliberation items that are factually related may be debated jointly. Voting usually takes place separately.

2 Different types of deliberation may be set for the debate on whether to proceed and for the detailed deliberation.

Section 6: Declarations

1. Factions may issue a brief and concise statement on current topics.

2. Members of the Cantonal Council may make a personal statement to defend themselves against attacks on their person or to clarify misunderstandings. The statement is limited to two minutes.

The Government Council can issue a statement on extraordinary events.

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Motions and parliamentary initiatives are submitted in duplicate, in writing and signed, to a Cantonal Council secretary during the Cantonal Council session, and also sent electronically to the parliamentary services.

1 Motions and parliamentary initiatives must not be discriminatory or violate any requirements.

2 Motions, postulates, and parliamentary initiatives must be justified in writing in a concise form. The demand and the justification must be separated from each other.

3 KEF declarations, interpellations, and questions may contain a concise written justification.

1 The Cantonal Council Secretariat examines whether the requirements for examination by motions and parliamentary initiatives are met.

2 The Executive Board makes the final decision on the acceptance and amendments.

Cantonal Council Secretariat

1. Withdrawal of a Motion or a Parliamentary Initiative

A motion or a parliamentary initiative must be withdrawn no later than before its first consideration by the Cantonal Council.

2. The withdrawal must be submitted in writing and signed by the first-signing member of the Cantonal Council to the Cantonal Council Secretariat.

Section 8: Voting

**1 Electronic Voting**

1 Voting usually takes place using the electronic voting system.

2 The voting question can be answered with Yes, No, or Abstention.

3 Voting takes place from one's seat. Anyone reporting for a commission votes from the podium.

4 Members of the Cantonal Council cast their votes personally. Proxy voting is not permitted.

**a. Casting a Vote**

1 Voting behaviour and voting results b. Announcement

are displayed on screens in the council chamber.

2 The President of the Cantonal Council announces the

voting result.

3 Voting behaviour and voting results are

stored and published by name.

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Voting

without an

electronic

voting

system

Voting

procedure

Multi-stage

voting

procedure

a. paired

voting

b. simultaneous

voting

on multiple

motions

1 If electronic voting is not possible, voting shall take place by Cantonal Council members rising from their seats at the question of the Cantonal Council President. The votes shall be counted.

2 If, upon the request of 20 Cantonal Council members, a roll-call vote is conducted, the Cantonal Council minutes shall record how each member voted and which Cantonal Council members were absent. Each Cantonal Council member shall cast their vote by saying Yes, No, or Abstention after their name is called.

1 The President of the Cantonal Council determines the voting procedure. The Cantonal Council decides on objections without discussion.

2 If only one motion is submitted for a voting question, it is declared adopted.

3 Divisible voting questions are voted on separately upon the request of a Cantonal Council member.

4 If two motions are submitted concerning a voting matter that either refer to the same part of the text or are mutually exclusive, they are put to a vote against each other.

1 If more than two motions on the same subject are submitted, these shall be eliminated in pairs according to their content-related criteria, until two motions can be juxtaposed.

2 The motions with the smallest content-related difference shall be put to a vote before those with the largest content-related difference.

1 If a pairwise vote is not possible, all motions are put to the vote side by side (Cup System). Each member of the Cantonal Council has one vote.

2 If none of the motions achieves an absolute majority, the two motions that received the fewest votes are put to the vote against each other. The defeated motion is eliminated. This procedure is continued until one of the motions obtains the majority.

3 The order of voting cannot be changed by means of an eventual motion.

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**1 Open Elections**

1 If, in an open election, more persons are nominated than there are positions to be filled, the President of the Cantonal Council shall order the doors of the council chamber to be closed and the number of members of the Cantonal Council present to be determined.

2 He or she shall call out the names of the candidates in the order in which their nominations were received.

3 Members of the Cantonal Council may cast their vote after a candidate's name has been called.

4 Each member of the Cantonal Council has as many votes as there are positions to be filled. The President of the Cantonal Council does not vote.

5 The President of the Cantonal Council shall determine the election result and order the doors to be opened.

1 During the secret ballot procedure, the door to the Council Chamber for Secret

Ballots is closed. Image and sound recordings are not permitted.

2 The President of the Cantonal Council ascertains the number of Cantonal Council members present and distributes as many ballot papers as there are Cantonal Council members present.

3 Each Cantonal Council member has as many votes as there are positions to be filled. The President of the Cantonal Council also votes.

Elections

a. Casting of votes

1 The tellers count the ballot papers. With the consent of the Cantonal Council, the counting may take place outside the Council Chamber.

2 A Cantonal Council Secretary records the result of the count in writing. The President of the Cantonal Council announces the result of the ballot to the Cantonal Council.

3 If more ballot papers are collected than Cantonal Council members are present, the ballot is invalid and shall be repeated.

1 For elections requiring approval, the Cantonal Council's resolution is for the approval or non-approval of the election. A referral back is not permissible.

2 If the Cantonal Council has to approve the election of several members of an authority simultaneously, it shall pass a single resolution.

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Repeal of previous law

Entry into force

wird aufgehoben.

of March 25, 2019, in force².

1 OJ 74, 423; for justification, see ABI 2019-05-24.

2 Entry into force: May 1, 2020.

3 LS 101.

4 LS 171.1.

5 LS 177.10.

6 LS 611.

7 Version in accordance with CCD of March 14, 2022 (OJ 77, 255; ABI 2021-06-11). In force

since July 1, 2022.

8 Inserted by CCD of March 14, 2022 (OJ 77, 257; ABI 2021-07-09). In force

since July 1, 2022.

9 Version in accordance with CCD of March 14, 2022 (OJ 77, 257; ABI 2021-07-09). In force

since July 1, 2022.

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