referendum

The law, announced in an order read on national television overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, eases the rules around holding a referendum on constitutional matters in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

From Barron's ● Nov. 11, 2026

The number of signatures needed for a ballot referendum also would rise, and ethics commissioners would be barred from City Council or the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

The value of sterling fell significantly after the Brexit referendum in June 2016, and reached further lows during the Brexit process, the Covid pandemic and the 2022 mini-Budget.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

The UN established Minurso to monitor the ceasefire and organise a referendum on the territory's future.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026

In order to find out where women actually stood on the issue, in November 1895, Massachusetts conducted a nonbinding referendum.

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

Voting in most kind of referenda and elections has consistently declined since a high point in the 1970s.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 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

The province of Quebec held two referendums on independence, in 1980 and 1995.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

For example, 929,000 votes were cast in the 2022 mayoral general election — meaning referendums need about 93,000 signatures to qualify for the ballot.

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

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

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