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Switzerland's top court has for the first time in the country's modern history overturned the outcome of a nationwide referendum, saying voters were given "incomplete" information on the measure.
The country's supreme court on Wednesday voided the result of a ballot held in 2016 that asked voters whether cohabiting partners and married couples should be required to pay the same taxes.
The proposal was narrowly rejected by voters at the time, with 50.8 percent of voters opposing the measure and 49.2 percent favoring it.
However, the court overturned the result of the referendum after finding that information provided to voters during the referendum campaign was "incomplete" and therefore in violation of the "freedom of the vote," according to the BBC.
Ahead of the February 2016 vote, the Swiss government reportedly told voters that only 80,000 married couples paid more in taxes than couples who resided together.
However, the government later said that the true number was roughly 500,000, according to the BBC.
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Switzerland overturns referendum as voters were poorly informed
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