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    The Landsgemeinde ("cantonal assembly"; German: [ˈlantsɡəˌmaɪndə], plural Landsgemeinden) is a public, non-secret ballot voting system operating by majority...
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    Protestant principle of scriptural sermons, and on 24 April 1524 the Landsgemeinde confirmed the Cantonal Council's decision. However, the work of the...
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    the Protestant principle of scriptural sermons and on 24 April 1524 Landsgemeinde confirmed the Cantonal Council's decision. However, the work of the...
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    cantons (Acht Orte) of the period of 1353–1481. The first recorded Landsgemeinde of Glarus took place in 1387. Habsburg's attempts to reconquer the valley...
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    prominence, the veche was broadly similar to the Norse thing or the Swiss Landsgemeinde. The word veche is a transliteration of the Russian "вече" (pl. веча...
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    in the last canton Appenzell Innerrhoden (one of only two remaining Landsgemeinde, along with Glarus) in 1990. After obtaining suffrage at the federal...
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    the Landsgemeinde in Schwyz was seen as the most important political institution in the canton and the municipalities of the canton. The Landsgemeinde generally...
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    Publication of the candidacy deadlines for the National Council 30 April: Landsgemeinde in Appenzell-Innerrhoden (Council of States election in the canton)...
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    traditional allies had a tradition of direct democracy in the form of the Landsgemeinde, the urban states operated via representation in city councils, de facto...
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    A Landsgemeinde (in 2009) of the canton of Glarus, an example of direct democracy in Switzerland...
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