“Every year, voters from across the northeastern demi-canton, or region, of Appenzell Innerhoden flood into the Landsgemeindeplatz to elect their local leaders and judges — not by casting ballots but by raising their hands. The tradition of the Landsgemeinde, or open-air assembly, dates back to the 14th century. Historians say that back then, only men willing to go to battle to defend their community were allowed to vote — a right they for centuries have demonstrated by carrying a side-arm into the voting ring. ‘This is the only place in the world, I think, where a weapon serves as voter ID,’ says Rudolf Keller, the second secretary in the Appenzell cantonal government.”
http://www.thelocal.ch/20130524/appenzell-practices-democracy-in-its-purest-form
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