http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/referendum/ en-us Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:16:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396250/posts ...At the Swill level, the initiative against the building of minarets was accepted with 59% of the votes according to the projections of the SSR. The majority of cantons voted against it. This run directly against the polls that were taken before the vote... La tribune de Genève http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2396250/posts#comment Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:16:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391144/posts A UKIP petition demanding a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU has been launched in the biggest-ever call to arms on the right to have a say over Europe. People will be given the chance to sign up to the petition online, by post or in the street at UKIP stalls run by party supporters. UKIP Leader Nigel Farage said: "This is a real chance for the people of Great Britain to show whoever forms the next Government that they are sick of being lied to and that they want a say over our continuing membership of the European... UKIP.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2391144/posts#comment Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:09:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388901/posts The two-member elections board said it could not accept the Marriage Initiative of 2009, filed by the Stand4MarriageDC coalition, because it "authorizes discrimination prohibited under the District of Columbia Human Rights Act." "This undemocratic decision is outrageous and a slap in the face of every resident of the District of Columbia," Mr. Jackson said. "To deny the people their fundamental right to vote on such an important issue as the definition of marriage in our society is simply appalling." The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2388901/posts#comment Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:32:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379103/posts http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379103/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:09:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379049/posts TEN years ago republican campaigner Phil Cleary celebrated a glorious referendum defeat by saying that "very soon" Australians would have the republic they wanted. Cleary's Real Republic group and other supporters of direct election had thrown in their lot with the monarchists to campaign for the rejection of a republic with a president appointed by parliament, a decision that helped turn a monarchist minority into a majority of rejectionists. Their strategy, as Cleary explained, was that, following the failure of the referendum, "I'm of the view that the momentum will build immediately" for the republic that people wanted, namely one... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2379049/posts#comment Thu, 5 Nov 2009 13:06:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377115/posts LONDON (AFP) – David Cameron, leader of the Conservative party, widely tipped to be the next prime minister, is to drop plans for a referendum on the European Union's key reforming Lisbon Treaty, a newspaper said Tuesday. Cameron is set to announce he will abandon a pledge to hold a vote on the treaty if his party wins the country's general election due by next June, the Daily Telegraph said. A referendum had threatened to cause a headache for the European Union amid delays over the introduction of the treaty in the 27-nation bloc, which must be ratified by all... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377115/posts#comment Tue, 3 Nov 2009 03:31:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359610/posts SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The chief justice of the California Supreme Court is criticizing the state's reliance on the referendum process, saying it has "rendered our state government dysfunctional." .. the widespread use of referendums to change state laws and constitutions hampers legislators, burdens the judicial branch and gives special interests too much power. George says the system places California's lawmakers in a "fiscal straitjacket" that prevents them from effectively solving the state's financial crisis. The speech .. entitled "The Perils of Direct Democracy: The California Experience." AP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2359610/posts#comment Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:50:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2314200/posts There has been some Internet chatter and small amounts of media attention on having a national referendum on health care. It was brought up at a very spirited Town Hall meeting with Senator Arlen Specter this week. One of the participants said to him that the issue should be decided the old fashioned way...by majority rule. "We'll tell you if we like your plan. Hows that work?" Specter, being the "career" politician, (and turn-coat), that he is was quick to answer, "Well, that's a fascinating idea to have a referendum," he said, "Well, that's one of the ideas I'm going... The Edisto Joe Outlook http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2314200/posts#comment Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:19:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2300111/posts Oregon's most recent Legislative session was marked by some disturbing trends.The greatest of which was the deliberate efforts to negate the will of Oregon voters. First, the legislature passed tax increases that will drastically affect Oregon citizens and businesses and they refused to send these taxes to the people for a vote. Most likely because they knew it would never pass. Instead of legislating the will of the people they were sent to Salem to serve, they passed legislation which will have the inevitable effect of costing tens of thousands of jobs in a state already facing unemployment of 13%.... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2300111/posts#comment Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:45:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273518/posts The D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics rejected a proposal to allow voters to decide on whether the District should recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. Monday's ruling against a referendum irked pastors and traditional marriage supporters who want the people to be able to decide on the critical moral and social issue. "The real human rights issue at stake in this decision is whether the people of D.C. will be given their right to vote," Bishop Harry Jackson of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Md., told The Washington Post. "We are not going to sit still for allowing an unelected... Christian Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273518/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:04:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255801/posts Tuesday night was tough for Sacramento: State lawmakers were handed a decisive defeat as voters rejected a series of ballot initiatives that would have allowed lawmakers to raise taxes and raid designated state funds to close a massive hole in the budget. Now the state legislature must work with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to craft a budget that reduces spending to levels that neither wants to accept. Their only alternative is to beg President Obama for a bailout on top of the stimulus funds Congress has already approved. Proposition 1A offered the carrot of a spending cap in exchange for the... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2255801/posts#comment Thu, 21 May 2009 21:18:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154222/posts <p>Herman Escarrá says that Chávez would decree a state of emergency if he looses the referendum. He considers that the President will be defeated because in Venezuela they do not like the theme of indefinite re-election.</p> <p>President Hugo Chavez will decree a state of emergency if he loses the referendum on the amendment that will permit his re-election indefinitely, the constitutional lawyer Herman Escarrá asserted in an emphatic manner.</p> El Nacional (Caracas) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154222/posts#comment Thu, 25 Dec 2008 19:11:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2115777/posts Not many are aware November fourth isn’t just a presidential election, some think that it is just an opportunity to elect a nice African-American others think that it is a referendum against Bush policies others think they are voting to end a war. November is a - Referendum On Socialism – and nothing less. If hundreds of conservative bloggers like myself, those at Free Republic, Power Line, Hot Air and many others affiliated with Pajama Media start driving home that November Fourth is a - Referendum On Socialism - on all your respective blogs the semantics of the term might... Daryl L. Hunter - Perspective http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2115777/posts#comment Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:41:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075999/posts The U.S. election of 2008 is shaping up as a contest about a vice-president — possibly a first in America. In most American elections, few things matter less than the second-in-command. In this one, judging by the media attention, few things matter more. There are various reasons for this, but one is obvious. John McCain is 72. Never has a 2IC had better odds of becoming a commander-in-chief before she figured out the location of the washrooms in the White House than this Republican nominee. Her resumé might end up reading: Small town mayor; small state governor; leader of the... National Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075999/posts#comment Sat, 6 Sep 2008 13:45:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018185/posts The U.S. Supreme Court created a huge political backlash when it ruled that local governments could use eminent domain to seize private property and transfer it to other private owners for "economic development." Since the Kelo ruling in 2005, 42 states have enacted limitations on eminent domain — not always effective ones. But like lawmakers in many other states, some California officials are trying to block real eminent domain reform. On June 3, Californians will vote on Proposition 99, a ballot initiative sponsored by groups representing cities, counties, redevelopment agencies and other pro-condemnation interests. It purports to protect property rights... The Cato Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018185/posts#comment Mon, 19 May 2008 18:03:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997967/posts Lisbon will be crucial for Cowen The first and most pressing political challenge for the new taoiseach [Irish leader] will be to secure the passage of the Lisbon Treaty in the referendum to be held on June 12. Though European issues often tend not to be rated by the electorate, it would be difficult to overestimate the importance placed by the government on passing the treaty. Belief in the treaty is shared by all other parties in the Dáil apart from Sinn Fein, and all parties will campaign on the issue. However, should the treaty be rejected by voters, it... Sunday Business Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997967/posts#comment Mon, 7 Apr 2008 16:23:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971590/posts TEXAS CITY — A massive superhighway that Texans have protested at public hearings statewide drew heated opposition among Galveston County residents, who said they feared the toll road would cripple the local shipping industry and do nothing to improve insufficient hurricane evacuation routes. The Trans-Texas Corridor would wind from Laredo to Corpus Christi, wrap around the western edge of Greater Houston, parallel Interstate 59 through East Texas and leave the state in Texarkana. But residents at a public hearing Thursday night in Texas City questioned the real purpose for the road, which would also be part of a national Interstate... Galveston County Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971590/posts#comment Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:10:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956749/posts George Washington said the following: “The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.” "The National Initiative for Democracy is a proposed law developed by The Democracy Foundation, over the past decade, along with a plan to get it enacted by the people (not by the government) creating, for the first time, a government 'by you, the people.'" WEB - Internet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956749/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jan 2008 18:54:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937233/posts This is one of the best short online videos I have seen in a long time.Go to the link above, or here:http://www.el-nacional.com/www/site/detalle_multimedia.php?q=med/5947Let it load (be patient if not on good broadband), turn up your speakers, and get dig this totally ballistic Hugo Chavez supporter after losing an election in Venezuela recently.You won't be disappointed. This is right after the communist Reds in Venezuela under Chavez lost a vote to anti-Chavez forces. El Nacional (Caracas Venezuela) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1937233/posts#comment Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:16:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935852/posts CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Thursday he will govern until 2013 when his mandate ends, now that voters rejected constitutional reforms that would have allowed him to seek endless reelection. "The shouting is one thing, the reality another ... The reform was not approved, so I have to leave the government in the year 2013. I will work tirelessly until the last day I have left here," Chavez said at an event in the capital. He also told his supporters: "You have a debt with me, you will tell me if you will repay it or... AFP on Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935852/posts#comment Fri, 7 Dec 2007 00:20:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935414/posts Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, loser in the recent Venezuelan national referendum which would grant him increasing dictatorial powers, has ended his brief benevolence and contrition (if it ever was there) it would seem. But he did so with a backdrop of Venezuela's top military, sending a strong, yet somewhat shaky, staged subliminal message to his opponents.The video (short, in Spanish) is at the link above and here: http://www.el-nacional.com/www/site/detalle_multimedia.php?q=med/5475 Just hit the white "arrow" to see. El Nacional (Caracas Venezuela) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1935414/posts#comment Thu, 6 Dec 2007 02:47:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917658/posts During this year's legislative session, Texas had an "oh, wait, hold on, don't do that" moment on privately funded tollways. Fair enough, but now it's time to figure out what the state should do, including how to pay for what the state's highway czar calls a $100 billion shortfall in money needed for essential highway projects. Ric Williamson, the Weatherford businessman who is chairman of the Texas Transportation Commission, says "the entire future of the state transportation system" depends on potential revenue from private toll road investors. Without it, staffers with the Texas Department of Transportation told commission members at... Fort Worth Star-Telegram http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1917658/posts#comment Sun, 28 Oct 2007 22:20:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913076/posts This is the first time I've posted anything, so forgive me for whatever mistakes I make. Yesterday on FR, several articles appeared about the passage of SB 777 in California. See Tom McClintock: The Perils of Perfection... (SB 777 - Fight back!) Governor Signs SB 777 New law will open female locker rooms to transgender men CA: Governor Signs SB 777 (New law will open female locker rooms to transgender men) One article mentioned the Capitol Resource Institute in California, a traditional family organization. I joined the organization, and received the following e-mail from them. "Last fall California families were... Capitol Resource Institute http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913076/posts#comment Thu, 18 Oct 2007 16:04:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1911818/posts The perfect liberal dream! "Now that summer is over, things are really heating up here in New Jersey – The Garden State! November is rapidly approaching and a $450 million stem cell bond question will be on the ballot for us to answer “Yes” or “No.” The question does not inform voters on what stem cell research will be performed. As we all know adult stem cells are highly successful – and do not require millions of dollars since they can be derived from bone marrow, umbilical chord blood and even from skin etc. However, this is not the type... www.respectlifetoday.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1911818/posts#comment Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:13:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909009/posts THE Kremlin said it may call a referendum on the closure of the Lenin mausoleum - where the mummified body of the father of the Russian Revolution once lay in honour. "It's obvious that having this necropolis in the centre of the country is a nonsense," Vladimir Kozhine, a Kremlin policy-maker said in the official Rossiyskaya Gazeta newspaper due to appear tomorrow. "But as for knowing whether it should be there or not, that's for others to decide and the best way for that is a referendum. "If 80 per cent of people say that Lenin's body should be buried,... Herald Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1909009/posts#comment Wed, 10 Oct 2007 03:22:58 GMT