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“Swiss voters have backed plans for electronic identity cards by a wafer-thin margin,” reports the Guardian, “in the second nationwide vote on the issue.”
In a referendum on Sunday, 50.4% of voters supported an electronic ID card, while 49.6% were against, confounding pollsters who had forecast stronger support for the “yes” vote. Turnout was 49.55%, higher than expected… [V]oters rejected an earlier version of the e-ID in 2021, largely over objections to the role of…
