referendum
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Mitch Sylvestre, who launched the referendum effort, said the decision “won’t change anything we are doing.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026
In June last year, Sir Keir said he could not imagine another Scottish independence referendum taking place during his time as prime minister.
From BBC • May 12, 2026
Perhaps this was a conclusion the court could have arrived at before allowing an expensive statewide referendum to proceed.
From Slate • May 9, 2026
"This violation irreparably undermines the integrity of the resulting referendum vote and renders it null and void," the court said.
From Barron's • May 8, 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
Vocabulary lists containing referendum
Election Lingo
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Electoral Elocution: The Verbiage of Voting
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