Direkte Demokratie unter Druck: In Basel-Stadt überwiegen erstmals Ausländer und unter 18-Jährige die Wahlberechtigten

The problem is that becoming a Swiss citizen is not appealing to a lot of people. I know an insane number of people that have been living here for 15 plus years and still don‘t have the swiss passport because they don‘t feel like going through the process is worth the effort as the only change would be the ability to vote.

Who cares? The participation in voting is less than 50% of eligibille voters anyway. This time it’s expected to be higher, about 53%! So it’s always a minority who decides.

Switzerland’s becoming like those ancient greek democracies where only a handful of people can actually vote! Geneva is even more extreme because all the people at the UN and CERN can never access citizenship even if they’re resident for decades because the CDL permit doesn’t allow.