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how the swiss vote

Posted by M (aka marcel) Nov 4 '08, 12:16

speaking about the election of the seven ministers that run the country.
no, they are not elected by us. no "one person, one vote".
the people elect the representatives in the national council and the canton's council.
and they elect the federation council, the seven top dwarves, i mean ministers.
but it all happens in one day, starts one wednesday at 9am, it's over by 11 or so. they're in a room, all together, voting until one candidate has a 2/3 majority.

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in switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace�and what did that produce? the cuckoo clock...nm - x Nov 4, 12:30 3
- you know .. - M Nov 4, 12:31 2
  - I thought they were from - znufrii Nov 4, 12:33
  - yeah, i know. it's jus an orson welles bit i love from the third man. he actually swiped it from a hungarian play....nm - x Nov 4, 12:32
And then, you send up the white smoke? -- nm - TaurusII - I voted (early) Nov 4, 12:23 1
- After the chocolate clock chimes seven times. No more. No less. -- nm - VMan Nov 4, 12:23
Alphorns? -- nm - VMan Nov 4, 12:22
1) dress up in fancy multicolored poofy pants. -- (link) - Max Nov 4, 12:18 [Image] 3
- the fun thing about them is that they're technically mercenaries - M Nov 4, 12:25
- Nate Silver's on Fox News right now. -- nm - Mop - I voted! Nov 4, 12:19 1
  - Although I'm not sure what that has to do with multicolored poofy pants. -- nm - Mop - I voted! Nov 4, 12:20
So you elect two councils who elect a third council of 7 who elect one? - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 12:17 6
- nope, it's triumvirat of seven :-) -- nm - M Nov 4, 12:20 5
  - nitpick...that would be a septumvirate... :) -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 12:24 4
    - someone's got a cold in his nose? -- nm - loosilu - I voted! Nov 4, 12:28 2
      - septemvirate, then? - znufrii Nov 4, 12:28 1
        
        he caught a cold in the fall? - loosilu - I voted! Nov 4, 12:35
    - i can't speak latin - M Nov 4, 12:27
....with cheese -- nm - Pippy Nov 4, 12:17
So.... you don't actually vote for your leader? -- nm - lileve Nov 4, 12:17 14
- leaderS :-) -- nm - M Nov 4, 12:19 7
  - i like the idea of a council vs one person. -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 12:19 6
    - "One man... you go high enough you always come to one man... who?" -- nm - Porter Nov 4, 12:25
    - me too - znufrii Nov 4, 12:22 4
      - So you want the US Senate to be Rural vs. Metro (instead of equal voice for each state) and do what to the House? -- nm - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 12:24 3
        
        yes, and house seats would be given to any candidate who can demonstrate a certain threshold of support - znufrii Nov 4, 12:26 2
        
        You're one crazy mofo -- nm - oblique - I voted! Nov 4, 12:34 1
        
        the fundamental ideas are sound. - znufrii Nov 4, 12:35
- it has something to recommend it, imho... -- nm - znufrii Nov 4, 12:18
- Then again, neither do we! -- nm - lileve Nov 4, 12:17 3
  - The electoral college does. -- nm - lileve Nov 4, 12:18 2
    - still a lot more direct than the parliamentary system. -- nm - loosilu - I voted! Nov 4, 12:27 1
      - True. -- nm - lileve Nov 4, 12:32
- we don't either, directly. (ie: there is no ballot for the Prime Minister.) -- nm - Andie Nov 4, 12:17

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