referendum
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People in Alberta have voted overwhelmingly to stay in Canada, rejecting a proposal to pursue separation through a binding referendum.
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
It argued this was because of the charges against them of alleged financial crimes around staging the referendum.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Those pressures will come to a head Monday in a referendum in Alberta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 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
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
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
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
They held two separation referendums, in 1980 and 1995, both of which were defeated by a close margin.
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
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
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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