Via the Local:
A petition in Canton Ticino could force a referendum on prohibiting women from wearing burqas in public, a first for the country.Update: Headline clarified.
A local committee in Ticino, Switzerland’s Italian-speaking region, said it has collected 11,316 signatures, over a thousand more the required number to launch a referendum. Canton authorities will check the signatures over the next few days, reports say and could then call for a referendum.
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