referendum

Whole Foods becomes a referendum on whether a neighborhood has arrived.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Though he did not dispute the validity of the signatures, he argued, ultimately unsuccessfully, that acts of the Missouri Legislature that related to congressional districts simply were not subject to the people’s referendum power.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

While the MPs who took part in the debate did not agree with the need for a referendum, there was broad consensus that the current model was "broken", and needed to be fixed.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

The Piddington referendum was a play on the British comedy film "Passport to Pimlico".

From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 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

Quebec, a majority French-speaking province, fiercely protects its identity and its culture as a distinct society, and has twice held referenda - in 1980 and 1995 - on whether to seek independence.

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

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

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

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

But two different drafts, presented in 2022 and 2023 referendums, failed to pass.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025

"I think that deliberation, whether spread broadly in the schools or before national elections, before referendums, before initiatives, could become part of everyday life."

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 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