Swiss abroad voted differently – but many could not 

Swiss citizens abroad had the right to take part in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, but many could not. Their frustration is palpable, as swissinfo.ch reader comments and social media reactions reveal.  The right to vote theoretically belongs to all Swiss people. In reality, many Swiss voters did not get their ballot box in time.  The situation was particularly bad this year because several cantons did away with e-voting in response to public concerns over the security of voting online.   The dilemma is that the credibility of Swiss democracy suffers one way or another.   To get a better picture of the scale of the problem, we are asking our Swiss abroad readers to share their experiences. Did the ballot papers reach you in time? We asked for as much feedback as possible to get a sense of which countries faced more problems and where the process went smoothly.  The effects of scrapping e-voting  The Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA) evaluated the participation rate of ...