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
They understood, he said, that “the elections would have been a referendum between war and peace.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
He made his resignation as MP not just about the Conservative government's policy on an EU referendum, but also access to local NHS services, which appeared to improve after he won the seat again.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
"This is not a referendum on President Trump, it is a decision regarding Mr Blanche, in very specific circumstances," said Cassidy on Friday.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 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
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
That group is eligible to vote on referenda but not for candidates running in any party primary.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2022
This objection is urged by members in whose states there have been referenda on the subject in recent years with adverse results.
From Woman Suffrage By Federal Constitutional Amendment by Carrie Chapman Catt
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
Speaking of referendums, how about one to eliminate the State of the Union?
From Slate ● Feb. 24, 2026
The international community, through the United Nations, placed the islands under U.S. administration after World War II. Decades later, the nations voted in referendums to enter into the compacts with the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 19, 2026
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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Election Lingo
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