referendum
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Jonathan Golub, chief equity strategist at Seaport Research, said Nvidia’s results aren’t a referendum just on the cloud giants behind the industry’s gargantuan data-center push, but also on all the other businesses supporting the technology.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 23, 2026
Marra told me he wasn't clear how a trigger for a second referendum would work, arguing that people are more concerned with issues like the cost of living and the NHS.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Back in High River, a town that has served as the backdrop for television shows such as HBO’s “The Last of Us” and FX’s “Fargo,” Shae Morris plans to vote for a binding referendum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Smith has paved the way for a referendum on Oct.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
In 1897, two years after the Massachusetts referendum, the antis formed the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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
Among the hundreds of referenda passed across the country in the midterm elections, voters in four states approved provisions making slavery and involuntary servitude unconstitutional.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 30, 2022
Voting in most kind of referenda and elections has consistently declined since a high point in the 1970s.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2022
The council is also empowered to schedule dates for holding referenda on decisions of the National Assembly.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Violeta D. Baluyut
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
She said both governments entered into an agreement which committed to hold referendums and they should now start the preparations.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 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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