On March 7, 2021, the citizens of the Swiss state went to a referendum to accept or reject an “electronic identity”. 64.4% rejected the government’s idea.
But the issue was not put in the drawer. On September 28, 2025, they were called to vote again, on the same issue. After governmental assurances, etc. etc. This time the “electronic identity” passed, narrowly. 50.4% voted “yes”, 49.6% no.
How were those who were convinced persuaded? By the government’s commitment that the “electronic identity” will not be mandatory. If we take into account that in the most recent referendum half of the registered voters participated, the 50.4% “yes” vote represents ¼ of the electorate. A minority, assuming that all of them will rush to get the government’s digital Trojan horse.
For how long will this “identity” with biometric data and the rest remain voluntary? The Swiss fear that at some point it will become mandatory. The interesting thing, however, is that after the sanitarian terror campaign (and the fairy tales that ended in human sacrifice), fewer and fewer Swiss trust the “care” of their state, especially when it involves “new technology.”
Perhaps they should start abandoning their smartphones too. Those old ones, Nokia-type, did the phone’s job just fine; and they didn’t house the remaining control temptations…