Plebiscite

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Recent Examples on the Web Guam nativeVicky Duenas told USA TODAY an island-wide plebiscite would prove residents seek closer ties to the U.S. — Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY, 1 May 2021 Chile’s Constitutional Convention has turned so chaotic, with radical proposals raised and mostly rejected, that there is a movement -- nascent but growing -- to offer voters something other than yes or no in the plebiscite over the charter later this year. — Eduardo Thomson, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2022 Comprised of 155 delegates, divided evenly between men and women — and including 17 seats for Indigenous representatives — the group will draft a new constitution for Chile, which will then be ratified by citizens through a national plebiscite in 2022. — Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2021 After his triumphal win in November elections, Karamanlis called for a plebiscite on the monarchy in 1974. — Demetris Nellas, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2023 The impetus for holding the plebiscite came from a passionately anti-EU minority inside the Conservative Party. — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2022 That has left the SNP to try to bait Mr. Sunak into calling a plebiscite by arguing the proposal has popular support among Scots. — Max Colchester, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022 Current law requires a two-thirds majority to raise taxes through legislation but only a simple majority to do so by plebiscite. — James Freeman, WSJ, 9 Sep. 2022 With 99% of the votes counted in Sunday’s plebiscite, the rejectio...

This article needs additional citations for Please help Find sources: · · · · ( October 2014) ( The Schleswig plebiscites were two The plebiscites were held on 10 February and 14 March 1920, and the result was that the larger northern portion (Zone I) voted to join Denmark, while the smaller southern portion (Zone II) voted to remain part of Germany. Background [ ] The Duchy of Schleswig had been a Article 5 of the Austro-Prussian The idea of a plebiscite had been presented earlier. During the early phases of the Danes campaigning for implementation of the plebiscite promise, in the hope that it would result in the area being restored to Danish rule, often made a comparison with the French demand for return of After Germany's defeat in 1918, the Danish government asked the Defining the plebiscite boundaries [ ] The plebiscites were held on 10 February and 14 March 1920 in two zones that had been defined according to the wishes of the Danish government, [ In 1918, Clausen published a pamphlet "Før Afgørelsen" ( Before the Decision) in which he strongly advocated that Denmark annex the zone delineated by his northernmost ("first") line, arguing that the territory north of this line was indisputably pro-Danish and should be considered indivisible. :16 In the 1920 plebiscites, Clausen's first line was closely imitated in what became the plebiscite's Zone I, while his second line became the basis of Zone II, although the plebiscite zone was extended to include the city of :24–2...

• العربية • Արեւմտահայերէն • Asturianu • Azərbaycanca • تۆرکجه • বাংলা • Bân-lâm-gú • Беларуская • Беларуская (тарашкевіца) • Български • Bosanski • Català • Čeština • Cymraeg • Dansk • Deutsch • Eesti • Ελληνικά • English • Español • Esperanto • Euskara • فارسی • Français • Gaeilge • Gàidhlig • Galego • 한국어 • Հայերեն • हिन्दी • Hrvatski • Ido • Bahasa Indonesia • Íslenska • Italiano • עברית • Jawa • ಕನ್ನಡ • Къарачай-малкъар • ქართული • Қазақша • Kiswahili • Кыргызча • Latviešu • Lëtzebuergesch • Lietuvių • Limburgs • Lombard • Magyar • Македонски • Malagasy • മലയാളം • مصرى • Bahasa Melayu • Монгол • မြန်မာဘာသာ • Nederlands • नेपाली • 日本語 • Norsk bokmål • Norsk nynorsk • Occitan • Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча • پنجابی • Papiamentu • پښتو • Polski • Português • Română • Русиньскый • Русский • Shqip • Sicilianu • සිංහල • Slovenčina • Slovenščina • Ślůnski • کوردی • Српски / srpski • Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски • Suomi • Svenska • Tagalog • Taqbaylit • తెలుగు • ไทย • Тоҷикӣ • Türkçe • Українська • اردو • Vèneto • Tiếng Việt • 吴语 • ייִדיש • 粵語 • Zazaki • 中文 A plebiscite or referendum is a type of There are two types of result • Mandatory - meaning the government must do what the result says • Advisory - meaning the result of the vote is only to help the government make the final choice. It usually depends on the country's history and constitution what sort of referendum/plebiscite is used. In In the was legally binding, but it was not a referendum of the UK electorate. It was restr...