Swiss Elections (Oct. 21, 2007)

Switzerland faces ordinary general elections on October 21, 2007 to its bicameral federal parliament (National Council with 200, State Council with 46 seats; although the latter is not completely elected on this date).

Btw: In case you're from the Canton of Argovia (German: Aargau, roughly 600'000 inhabitants), pls vote for Stefan Huwyler (JFDP, list 4b) --> www.waehltstefan.ch

Since I have registered myself as official foreign Swiss citizen, I'll get the absentee balloting mat sent from the embassy here in the next days:-); they even sent around already an issues of "Scweizer Revue" discussing the topics around the elections.

If you wanna know more about Swiss politics/elections, check out:

http://www.smartvote.ch/index.php
Nonpartisan survey, incl. all candidates and their political orientation (both on the left-right/liberal-conservative dimension as well as on the smartspider-8-issues web). You even can create your own pol. profile and compare which candiates suits you best.

http://www.swissworld.org/
general infos about Switzerland; gov.-funded promotion site, but very good overview and helpful infos.

http://www.bk.admin.ch/dokumentation/02070/index.html?lang=en
Swiss Confederacy Guide booklet. In English only as PDF, but quite essential to get a grasp on the parliamentary mechanics in politics.

CU