your satire is duly noted. However, it IS extremely backward that the citizens of a town “vote” to grant an applicant citizenship.
An applicant here must have lived in the town for, I believe, 5 Years (not just Switzerland, the town itself) and pass a civics test. Both fine and proper.
Then the citizens of the town get to vote. There are no objective criteria.
Some towns are moving a bit from this practice, as it is, and has often been, easily abused to simply deny someone based on their name.
What they do there is have a town meeting on the matter where the citizens can raise concerns about an applicant, but the town council then decides based on Objective criteria.
an example
An American, who taught for 20 some years at the University in Zurich, has a wife and children born here, decided he wanted to become a citizen and live out his life here. The citizens DENIED him because they felt he was not integrated well enough. One of the reasons given was that he was not in town that often - because he worked in Zürich! His wife and family were above reproach in town and there was nothing negative about him in any way, but ...
Could it be that they take citizenship seriously? It’s like a private club, you let in who you want to let in. Before your let in, it’s none if your business who the members let in.
I lived outside of Zurich for a few years. A most sensible society