 In the 2009 Conseil d'Etat/Staatsrat election a total of 2,743 votes were cast, of which 240 or about 8.7% were invalid.The voter participation was 60.6%, which is much more than the cantonal average of 54.67%.In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 3,015 votes were cast, of which 196 or about 6.5% were invalid.