Question juridique clé
Whether a Swiss-wide recount or annulment of the federal referendum had to be ordered because the result was close.
Solution extraite
A very close federal referendum result can, in principle, justify a recount under Art. 77 BPR in light of Art. 34 para. 2 BV and Art. 29a BV, but the result here was not so exceptionally close as to require it, and no qualifying irregularities were shown.
Motifs extraits
The court interpreted 'unregelmässigkeiten' in Art. 77 BPR to include the factual presumption of counting errors in extremely close results, but found the margin here insufficiently extreme and no concrete irregularities capable of affecting the nationwide result.