First time voter here. I was surprised to see that the Stimmzettelkuvert has six holes in it in Zürich. When I put the candidate sheet inside one of the first names was clearly visible through one of the holes allowing the identification of which party it was for, which seems to defeat the purpose of the envelope. I thought it would be easy to find an explanation for this but none was in any of the provided documentation. I did find this old news article from when the change was first made. https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/kassensturz-espresso/services/espresso-aha/espresso-aha-loecher-in-abstimmungscouverts-erleichtern-die-auszaehlung It’s vague and implies it’s so someone can quickly tell if there are still any sheets left inside the envelope via visual inspection. But is this really worth compromising the purpose of the envelope? The cantons don’t seem to agree on how many holes are required, and the article also ends by saying: Ausserdem sei es sehr unwahrscheinlich, dass man durch die kleinen Löcher ein «Ja», ein «Nein» oder einen Namen erkennen könne. … but this is not the case in my experience. submitted by /u/mike_hearn
Originally posted by u/mike_hearn on r/Switzerland