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Which people's right was added at federal level with the complete revision of the Federal Constitution in 1874?
In the exam (German)
Welches Volksrecht kam mit der Totalrevision der Bundesverfassung von 1874 auf Bundesebene dazu?
- aThe optional referendum against federal lawsDas fakultative Referendum gegen BundesgesetzeCorrect answer
- bThe election of the Federal Council by the peopleDie Wahl des Bundesrates durch das Volk
- cThe right of the cantons to leave the federationDas Recht der Kantone, aus dem Bund auszutreten
- dThe right of women to vote and to be electedDas Stimm- und Wahlrecht für Frauen
Why?
With the 1874 Constitution, voters could for the first time demand a popular vote on a federal law by collecting signatures (optional referendum, fakultatives Referendum). The popular initiative (Volksinitiative) for a partial revision of the Constitution was only added in 1891.
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