City of Lucerne voters reject basic income test
Published: Sunday, Nov 26th 2023, 13:20
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The people of Lucerne rejected the basic income initiative with a 69.15 percent "no" vote. This initiative would have called for a scientific experiment with an unconditional basic income.
13,457 people rejected the test, while 6003 voters were in favor. The turnout was 37.29 percent.
The initiative of a non-partisan committee wanted to test the usability of the model of an unconditional basic income locally in an urban, scientifically supported pilot project. A group of people would have received a monthly basic income for at least 36 months, regardless of their assets, income and professional status. There was no provision for anything in return.
In Zurich, the initiative for a pilot project for an unconditional basic income was rejected in September 2022 with 53.9 percent of votes against.
At national level, the initiative "Living in dignity - for a financially viable basic income" was launched in 2021, but failed in mid-January of this year. And in 2016, Swiss voters rejected an initiative for an unconditional basic income with 77% of votes against.
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