referendum
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Micron’s stock has “become a referendum on the health of the AI build-out,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026
Ratcliffe campaigned for a Leave vote in the 2016 European Union referendum and has been a tax resident in Monaco since 2020.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
Whole Foods becomes a referendum on whether a neighborhood has arrived.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Now, the referendum petition lawsuit seeks class-action status for 162,000 of the 330,000 signatories.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 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
Rules are different for referenda, which seek to overturn laws, than for ballot initiatives that seek to enact them.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
One county, Harding, adjacent to Wyoming, has been carried for woman suffrage in the six referenda on the question, the first one being held in 1890.
From Woman Suffrage By Federal Constitutional Amendment by Carrie Chapman Catt
Public policy should provide honest information and good options, not turn parents’ choices into moral referendums.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
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
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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