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Landsgemeinde ("cantonal ****embly"; German: [ˈlantsɡəˌmaɪndə],
plural Landsgemeinden) is a public, non-secret
ballot voting system operating by majority...
- into six communes. Both
Appenzell cantons had
traditions of
holding Landsgemeinden, or
democratic ****emblies held in the open air, in
which every male...
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largest in one. Two cantons,
Appenzell Innerrhoden and Glarus, hold
Landsgemeinden as
their highest legislative body.
Under this system, a form of direct...
- "cantonal ****embly", in the
canton of
Glarus on 7 May 2006, Switzerland.
Landsgemeinden are
public voting gatherings, and are one of the
oldest examples of...
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legislatures also
involve or did
involve general po****r ****emblies
known as
Landsgemeinden; the use of this form of
legislature has declined: at present, it exists...
- In some
cases of
direct democracy, such as
Swiss cantons governed by
Landsgemeinden,
objections to
expanding the
suffrage claimed that
logistical limitations...
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cantons many of the pre-revolutionary
institutions remained in place. The
landsgemeinden, or po****r ****emblies, were
restored in the
democratic cantons, the...
- of
Bremen concluded a pact with the
other cities, the Chapter, the
Landsgemeinden of the free
peasants of the marshlands, and
indigenous families of nobility...
- of the
villages and
towns surrounding Zug,
which each had
their own
Landsgemeinden but were
ruled by a
single Habsburg bailiff. Zug was
important as an...
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alternately at Fribourg, Bern, Solothurn, Basel, Zürich and Lucerne. The
Landsgemeinden, or po****r ****emblies, were
restored in the
democratic cantons, the...
