 In the 2009 Conseil d'Etat/Staatsrat election a total of 1,597 votes were cast, of which 46 or about 2.9% were invalid.The voter participation was 76.3%, which is much more than the cantonal average of 54.67%.In the 2007 Swiss Council of States election a total of 1,458 votes were cast, of which 96 or about 6.6% were invalid.