The official voting papers will be sent to your home address at least three weeks before the date of the vote at federal level. The papers include:

• the ballot paper

• a ballot envelope

and, in most cantons:

• the envelope to use if voting by post

• a voter identification card (or a polling card or certificate of civil status, depending on the canton).

And: the brochure provided by the Federal Council explaining the different issues that are being voted on.

The cantons may provide additional documents. They may also allow the communes to send only one copy of the explanatory brochure per household. However, if required, you can ask your commune to send this brochure to you personally.

The Swiss living abroad are sent the official voting papers by post, to their postal address abroad.