We (the Swiss – not me) went voting again this week-end. Nothing special, we do it almost every second month. I often wonder how many really understand what they are doing. I do spend a few days, hours, minutes, reading through the parmphlets we get. I even vote now and again, although to be quite honest I just go with the masses.

This time something happened. After the votes were counted, they congratulated the winner in our Kanton of St. Gallen. 24 hours later they discovered the votes were wrongly counted. The party that won did not win but their opposition. There were discussions today on the radio how this could happen. I did not really get an answer, but the party that got the congratulations were no longer being congratulated but their opposition.

I do not really care as both parties do not exist in my Kanton, but it was really a little embarrassing. I think the meaning of our direct democracy got a little bit lost. Anyhow, no problem I did not vote for anything or anybody.

I would just add that I more or less write daily on this page, but often before I write I have to have a quick look in the computer to see what I am really writing about. A problem when your brain is old and divided in two languages – Swiss German and cockney english.