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1. Voters accept the initiative to increase monthly pensions, but reject raising the retirement age.
   2024-03-03 19:22:55 (First version)
2. Voters accept the initiative to increase monthly pensions and reject raising the retirement age.
   2024-03-04 02:38:08 (Update)
3. Voters in Switzerland accept the referendum to increase monthly pensions but reject the referendum to increase the retirement age.
   (Current version)

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