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Key FactsSwiss Votes Reject SRG Cut, Approve Tax Reform
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- Individual taxation passed with 56 percent support, requiring people to file taxes separately regardless of marital status.
- The climate fund proposal by the SP and Greens was decisively rejected with 71 percent voting against it.
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