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The people are given a direct say in their own affairs under Switzerland's system of direct democracy which has no parallel in any other country.
They are invited to the polls several times a year to vote in national or regional referendums, and people's initiatives. Constitutional proposals and major international treaties must be put to the vote, and parliamentary decisions can be subjected to a vote by collecting 50,000 signatures.