In Switzerland, one would be able to speak for special majorities. Amendments to the Swiss Constitution require the approval of not only a majority of the Swiss people by referendum, but also of the majority of the cantons. More specifically, “[t]he half-cantons are given half weight in the canton-by-canton calculation; this means that, for instance, a constitutional amendment can be adopted by 13.5 cantons in favor and 12.5 against.”