Editing Grisons (section)

==Government==
[[File:Chur Grossratsgebäude.jpg|thumb|Grand Council building in Chur]]
The Grand Council ({{langx|de|Grosser Rat}}; {{langx|it|Gran Consiglio}}, {{langx|rm|Cussegl Grond}}), the legislature of the canton, sits in Chur, the cantonal capital. Its 120 members, elected in 39 districts using a [[Plurality voting system|majority system]], are in office for four years. The last district elections were in 2014.<ref>{{cite web |title= "Der Grosse Rat" Parliament of the Canton Grisons |url=http://www.gr.ch/EN/institutions/parliament/Seiten/Parlament.aspx |publisher=Portal of the Canton Grisons |access-date=8 July 2009}}</ref> The cantonal government, exercising executive authority, is made up of five members, elected by the people for a term of four years and [[term limit|limited]] to three terms using a [[Plurality voting system|majority system]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Government of the Canton Grisons |url=http://www.gr.ch/EN/INSTITUTIONS/GOVERNMENT/Seiten/Regierung.aspx |publisher=Portal of the Canton Grisons |access-date=8 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603195420/http://www.gr.ch/EN/institutions/government/Seiten/Regierung.aspx |archive-date=3 June 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The constitution of the Grisons, last revised on 14&nbsp;September 2003, states in its [[preamble]] that the canton's purpose is to "safeguard freedom, peace, and human dignity, ensure democracy and the [[Rechtsstaat]], promote prosperity and [[social justice]] and preserving a sane environment for the future generations, with the intention of promoting [[trilingualism]] and cultural variety and conserving them as part of our historical heritage".<ref>{{cite web |title=Constitution of the canton of Graubünden |url=http://www.admin.ch/ch/i/rs/131_226/index.html |language=it, de |publisher=Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation |access-date=8 July 2009}}</ref>

The constitution allows for the [[Right of foreigners to vote|enfranchisement of foreign residents]] at a municipal level, at discretion of the local governments. In 2009, the municipality of [[Bregaglia]] became the first in the canton to make use of this provision, granting voting rights to foreigners.<ref>{{cite web |title=Comune Bregaglia accorda diritto di voto e di eleggibilità a stranieri domiciliati |url=http://www.swissinfo.ch/ita/prima_pagina.html?siteSect=105&ty=nd&ref=fb&sid=10708358 |date=17 May 2009 |language=it |publisher=[[swissinfo]] |access-date=8 July 2009}}</ref>