Switzerland’s direct democracy has no individual leader. Instead there is a Federal Council of seven individuals which forms the executive branch. Each year they rotate the presidency — acting as a ...

Prosecutors probe allegations of fake voter rolls in Switzerland’s vaunted direct democracy Election counting staff empty a ballot box to begin counting votes at a polling station in Berne ...

But unlike the U.S., Switzerland’s direct democracy — the most developed of its kind in the world — offers citizens a much more sophisticated tool to take their culture war grievances ...

He further explained that through direct democracy and federalism, the government is more able to accurately consult with and represent its citizens. Dahinden explained that because Switzerland does ...

The allegation that malfeasance that could have skewed results in Swiss elections has jolted Switzerland’s vaunted system of direct democracy. Mail-in balloting is the main way that voters cast ...