Federal votes Significantly higher expenditure than budgeted for highway referendum
The opponents and supporters of freeway expansion spent significantly more than budgeted on their campaigns last November. Together they invested almost ten million francs, which is around a third more than announced in November.
07.02.2025, 09:43
07.02.2025, 10:48
SDA
The proponents of the motorway expansion spent a total of CHF 5.22 million on the referendum campaign, as the Swiss Federal Audit Office announced on Friday. The budget was 4.62 million.
The opponents did not skimp on their campaign either: in the end, they spent 4.51 million francs in the fight against the highway expansion. However, only 2.74 million had been budgeted.
Spending on the other three proposals was significantly lower: the supporters spent a total of CHF 2.115 million on financing the healthcare system compared to CHF 574,229 for the opponents. For the two rental proposals, the figures were around CHF 1.8 million for and CHF 1.22 million against. Only campaigns with costs exceeding CHF 50,000 must be declared.
