Switzerland Vote Local, 1973 (b/w photo)

Citizens of the city of Zurich will cast their votes at the polling station of the Zurich public school. On May 20, 1973, the bills for the confessional exception article banning the Jesuits and the founding of monasteries, the cantonal bill for the underground and suburban railway, and the municipal bill for the revision of the gas tariff were put to the vote. In front of the polling station, activists collect signatures for the popular initiative: “For a fairer distribution of tax burdens”. The popular initiative was put to the vote on 21 March 1976 under the title: “for a reform of the tax system (fairer taxation and abolition of tax privileges)” and was rejected