The Swiss are set to vote on the introduction of e-ID after the Federal Chancellery confirmed enough valid signatures were submitted by opponents of the federal law on electronic identity. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The Chancellery confirmed that 55,344 of a total of 55,683 signatures submitted were valid. The signatures were handed in by the referendum committee against the Federal Act of December 20, 2024 on Electronic Identity and Other Means of Electronic Evidence (e-ID Act), the Federal Chancellery said on Wednesday. A vote can therefore proceed. In a press release on Wednesday, the "No e-ID" referendum committee welcomed "this important step" in the name of privacy protection. It is supported in particular by the conservative Federal Democratic Union of Switzerland, the youth wing of the right-wing Swiss People's Party, Friends of the Constitution and Aufrecht, along with Swiss Digital Integrity, a new party born out of a crisis within the ...
