Who may propose the registration of an initiative?

FEDERAL CONSTITUTION OF THE SWISSCONFEDERATION

(Adopted1999; last amended 2013)

http://www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/c101.html

Title 4: The People and the Cantons

Chapter 1: General Provisions

Art. 136 Political rights

(1) All Swiss citizens over theage of eighteen, unless they lack legal capacity due to mental illness ormental incapacity, have political rights in federal matters. All citizens havethe same political rights and duties.

(2) They may participate in elections to the National Council and infederal popular votes, and launch or sign popular initiatives and requests forreferendums in federal matters.

FEDERAL ACT ONPOLITICAL RIGHTS

(Adopted 1976; last amended 2009)

http://www.admin.ch/ch/e/rs/161_1/index.html

Title 5: ThePopular Initiative

Art. 68 Signaturelists

(1) Thesignature list (on forms, sheets of paper or cards) that is used to collectsignatures for a popular initiative must contain the following information:

a.      the canton and the politicalcommune in which the signatory is eligible to vote;

b.     the title and text of theinitiative, together with the date of its publication in the Federal Gazette;

c.      a withdrawal clause within themeaning of Article 73;

d.     reference to the fact thatanyone who falsifies the result of a signature collection for a popularinitiative (Art. 282 SCC) or who offers or accepts bribes in connectionwith a signature collection (Art. 281 SCC) commits an offence;

e.      the names and addresses ofa minimum of seven and a maximum of 27 authors of the initiative, all of whommust be eligible to vote (the initiative committee).

OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT WEBSITE

https://www.ch.ch/en/popular-initiatives/

“How tolaunch an initiative

1. You first need to form an initiative committee, composed of between seven and twenty-seven persons who are entitled to vote.”