Mandatory referendum

The following must be put to the vote of the People and the Cantons:
a. amendments to the Federal Constitution;
b. accession to organisations for collective security or to supranational commu-nities;

c. emergency federal acts that are not based on a provision of the Constitution and whose term of validity exceeds one year; such federal acts must be put to the vote within one year of being passed by the Federal Assembly.

The following are submitted to a vote of the People:

a. popular initiatives for a total revision of the Federal Constitution;
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b.98 popular initiatives for a partial revision of the Federal Constitution in the form of a general proposal that have been rejected by the Federal Assembly;
c. the question of whether a total revision of the Federal Constitution should be carried out, in the event that there is disagreement between the two Councils.