referendum

This effectively turns a Monte dei Paschi shareholder vote due to take place later this month into a referendum on the competing proposals, Pratas says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

To qualify a referendum for the ballot, petitioners must collect a number of signatures equal to 10% of the votes cast in the last mayoral election.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

A poll by Survation in June found that 55 percent of voters would opt to rejoin if a referendum was held again.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

Before that referendum, however, the legally required map would be the 2022 map.

From Slate ● Sep. 29, 2026

Of about 612,000 women who were eligible to vote in the referendum, only about 7 percent registered and only about 4 percent voted.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

Quebec, a majority French-speaking province, fiercely protects its identity and its culture as a distinct society, and has twice held referenda - in 1980 and 1995 - on whether to seek independence.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

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 law also forbids local communities from putting advisory referenda questions on the ballot, except those related to certain projects that would be funded with property tax money.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2023

The agreement also commits France to conduct as many as three referenda between 2013 and 2018, to decide whether New Caledonia should assume full sovereignty and independence.

From The 2008 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

Public policy should provide honest information and good options, not turn parents’ choices into moral referendums.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Speaking of referendums, how about one to eliminate the State of the Union?

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026

"I think that deliberation, whether spread broadly in the schools or before national elections, before referendums, before initiatives, could become part of everyday life."

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 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