Eine Abstimmung in Appenzell – am Sonntag wurde in der Schweiz über wichtige Themen entschieden. (Symbolbild)

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$Appenzell, Switzerland - May 1, 2011: The people of Appenzell are voting at the Landsgemeide. In the foreground the governement in old dresses. The Landsgemeinde is held in the open air, in which every male and female citizen over eighteen years of age have to appear personally to vote and elect with raising the right hand to cast one\'s vote. The first historically documented assembly in Switzerland took place in 1294$