referendum

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

Those pressures will come to a head Monday in a referendum in Alberta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Burnham, the former Mayor of Manchester, has said he wants to devolve more power to local areas around the UK, while the first minister has called for a second Scottish independence referendum by 2031.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Asked about the prospect of another referendum following the PQ win, Carney sidestepped.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 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

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

Once more in the history of suffrage referenda a foreign and colonized population decided the issue.

From Woman Suffrage By Federal Constitutional Amendment by Carrie Chapman Catt

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

Citizens vote on laws and referendums using digital tokens, and the voting itself is automatically tallied and enforced by code, rather than counted by officials.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

According to the Washington Policy Center, the Washington Legislature Bill Drafting Guide says that a “necessity clause” or “emergency clause” protects legislation against voter referendums.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026

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

From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026

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