EAIElectoral Access Index

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section (BPR Art. 87) addresses statistical reporting on federal elections and referenda, including vote tabulation and demographic breakdowns. It does not address the composition, appointment, fixed terms, or political balance of any election administration body. The criterion requires statutory codification of independence safeguards for the administrative entity itself; this section contains no such procedural safeguards.

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No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 53 BPR addresses election validation procedures and the constitutional sitting of the National Council, requiring proof of election confirmation (Wahlbestätigung) from cantonal governments for participation. It does not enumerate acceptable forms of voter identification for casting ballots, nor does it establish procedures for voter ID verification at the polling place. This section concerns post-election validation of elected members' credentials, not voter identification requirements during voting itself.

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The statute explicitly sets the registration deadline at the fifth day before the election or referendum (fünften Vortag), defined relative to election day. This is grounded in statutory law (BPR Art. 4) and is enumerated with sufficient specificity that administrative discretion is minimized. No cure or appeal procedure is required for this particular criterion, which concerns only the deadline itself.

“Vor einer Wahl oder Abstimmung sind Eintragungen bis zum fünften Vortag des Wahl- oder Abstimmungstages vorzunehmen, wenn feststeht, dass die Voraussetzungen zur Teilnahme am Abstimmungstag erfüllt sind.”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section (BPR Art. 3) addresses the location of voting (political domicile) and rules for itinerant citizens, but does not enumerate registration methods at all. It presupposes that citizens are already 'angemeldet' (registered) in the voting register ('Stimmregister') but contains no statutory enumeration of how one becomes registered—whether by in-person, mail, online, automatic, or other means. The procedural criterion requires exhaustive enumeration of available registration methods in statute; this section lacks that entirely.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: The statute establishes that eligible voters must be registered in the polling register and that registrations are made ex officio by authorities. However, it contains no language defining a cure procedure, timeline, or process for addressing incomplete or rejected registrations. The text addresses registration deadlines and public access to the register but does not enumerate steps a voter may take to remedy a deficient registration application.

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The statute establishes that entries and removals (Streichungen) from the voter roll must be made ex officio (by official action), which provides statutory grounding for roll maintenance. However, the specific criteria for removal—death, change of address, inactivity—are not enumerated in this section; the statute delegates the substantive removal criteria to administrative practice or separate regulation. The section satisfies the statutory-grounding requirement but not the enumeration requirement.

“Eintragungen und Streichungen sind von Amtes wegen vorzunehmen.”

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No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: This section of the Swiss Federal Law on Political Rights (BPR Art. 3) addresses voter domicile and voting location requirements. It contains no provisions whatsoever regarding voter-registry data security, encryption standards, breach notification procedures, or access logs. The section is silent on the criterion's topic and therefore does not satisfy it.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Art. 11 BPR establishes statutory procedures for ballot materials, explanations, and distribution timelines, but does not codify any triggers or thresholds for language assistance, bilingual ballots, or language-minority accommodations. The statute addresses what materials are provided and when, not language access standards. No language-assistance-specific procedure is enumerated in this section.

No matching sections in corpus.

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The statute establishes that cantons must create a simple mail-in procedure and prescribe regulations on voter eligibility verification, ballot secrecy, and vote collection, but delegates the full procedural details (application, deadline, return mechanism, signature verification, cure procedures) to cantonal regulation rather than codifying them exhaustively in statute. The federal statute provides only a framework and general objectives, not enumerated procedures.

“Die Kantone sorgen für ein einfaches Verfahren der brieflichen Stimmabgabe. Sie erlassen insbesondere Bestimmungen, um die Kontrolle der Stimmberechtigung, das Stimmgeheimnis und die Erfassung aller Stimmen zu gewährleisten und Missbräuche zu verhindern.”

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The statute mandates a minimum early voting period (at least two of the four days before voting day), which is statutory and enumerated. However, the statute then delegates authority to cantonal law ('das kantonale Recht vorzusehen') to set the specific modalities and locations ('ob und wo'), making the detailed rules subject to cantonal administrative discretion rather than federal statutory enumeration. The dual-scholar test would find the federal mandate clear but incomplete: the framework is statutory, but implementation details critical to access (specific dates, specific locations) are left to cantonal administration without exhaustive enumeration.

“Die Kantone ermöglichen die vorzeitige Stimmabgabe mindestens an zwei der vier letzten Tage vor dem Abstimmungstag.”

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No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Article 5 VPR addresses the transmission and publication of preliminary voting results, not the right to cast provisional ballots or any adjudication procedure for provisional ballots. The section contains no reference to provisional voting rights, cure procedures, or appeal mechanisms for ballot adjudication. This is purely an administrative provision on result reporting timelines and data elements.