Referendums

On Jan. 9, just 84 days from now, the people of southern Sudan and of the disputed region of Abyei -- which straddles northern and southern Sudan -- will vote in referendums on self-determination. ❋ George Clooney (2010)

He has just stood by as 3 countries have voted no in referendums on EU questions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you don't win referendums then just go to court and get judges to rule. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For some, the referendums will be a way for voters to express their disappointment at Berlusconi, whose government is stinging from heavy losses in local elections last month. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The Chinese State Council's Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office condemned the "so-called referendums" as a direct challenge to Chinese authority over the former British colony, which is a special administrative region of China and subject to its own laws. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But this contest was not unique: In legislative races around the state that were termed referendums on school policies, incumbents kept their seats regardless of the education policies at issue or the candidates 'affiliations with teachers unions or the groups that tend to be at odds with the unions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He made clear that the purpose of the rewritten Treaty was to make people think the new version did not merit being put to the people in referendums. ❋ Not A Sheep (2008)

In the end, the referendums were all won but the turn-out was low in most countries, the sort of result you would expect in the circumstances. ❋ Helen (2006)

But given that the general thrust of EU integration has been to take powers away from national parliaments, genuine democrats should probably err on the side of calling referendums more often than not. ❋ Unknown (2008)

These are all under intense pressure to call referendums with the UK the biggest threat. ❋ Richard (2007)

The ever popular former Welsh Secretary John Redwood MP wanted to call referendums in Scotland and Wales on independence in order to sidestep devolution: "I judged that a majority of people voting in both would have bought us a generation of peace and certainty on the future of the UK" ❋ Unknown (2007)

If they were that "concrete" however, one really does wonder why the "colleagues" are so hostile to the idea of referendums on the new treaty. ❋ Richard (2007)

The constitution states that if a majority votes to veto a bill in a referendum called in this manner, the number of votes cast against the bill must amount to at least a third of the total electorate, a rarity in Irish referendums which usually attract low turnouts. ❋ Unknown (2012)

The opposition has said the law approved violates the constitution and that the amnesty was approved by Uruguayans in national referendums in 1989 and 2009. ❋ Unknown (2011)