In Switzerland, a popular initiative allows people to suggest laws on a federal, cantonal, and municipal level.
Demonstration, in front of the Federal Palace of Switzerland, in support of the federal popular initiative "for a ban on the export of military equipment", in 2007. The votation was organised on 29 November 2009.
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The optional referendum is a referendum which comes from a request by governmental authorities or the public. The best-known type of optional referendum is the popular initiative to request a law, and
A ballot paper of the votation, organised on 8 February 2009, on the extension of the free movement of persons to Bulgaria and Romania.