referendum
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Johnson had prosecuted graft and civic corruption in San Francisco, and his progressive reforms gave California voters some of the very tools your ballot offers you today: the initiative, recall, referendum, and women’s suffrage.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Some who voted in favour of a second binding separation referendum have said they didn't want outright independence, but some leverage over Ottawa.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
She made it easier for them to hold a vote, lowering the number of signatures needed on petitions to trigger a referendum and giving them more time to collect them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Some 60% of Quebecers voted to stay in Canada in a 1980 referendum, but the province returned to the polls in 1995.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Almost banning the death penalty through a popular referendum in an American state would have been unimaginable just a few years earlier.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
State referenda can be difficult to poll, but surveys say Maine on Tuesday might have a couple of squeakers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
Berlin, Hamburg and the Ruhr region are also developing bids, with referenda to be held in 2026.
From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2025
The report acknowledges that any constitutional change is a long way off, and would likely require a combination of petitions, referenda and legislation by the Scottish and U.K. governments.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 3, 2023
Such referenda are sometimes used to boost voter turnout, though results don’t carry the weight of law.
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2023
In referenda held in 1972 and 1994, Norway rejected joining the EU.
From The 2003 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
McOsker said the change makes the number of signatures needed for referendums and voter initiatives consistent in the city charter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Both issues could be the subjects of early referendums if he is elected next year.
From BBC ● May 22, 2026
Speaking of referendums, how about one to eliminate the State of the Union?
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
But two different drafts, presented in 2022 and 2023 referendums, failed to pass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
On the ballot in November 1867, the men in Kansas faced two referendums, one that deleted the word “white” from the description of voters and a second that deleted the word “male.”
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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