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- noun Plural form of
referendum .
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Examples
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But Mr. Lehane said the firm intended to offer its services to organizers involved in referenda across the country.
Lehane and Schmidt to Work Together - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Observers have warned that time to organize the two referenda is growing short.
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But Mr. Lehane said the firm intended to offer its services to organizers involved in referenda across the country.
Lehane and Schmidt to Work Together - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2009
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Mubarak has presented himself to Egyptian voters for six-year terms an unprecedented four times — but in referenda in which no opposition candidates were permitted to stand and voters simply had the choice of voting yes or no.
Pharaohs-in-Waiting 2003
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Mubarak has presented himself to Egyptian voters for six-year terms an unprecedented four times — but in referenda in which no opposition candidates were permitted to stand and voters simply had the choice of voting yes or no.
Pharaohs-in-Waiting 2003
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But more perniciously, separatism has been largely been handled outside the parliamentary process, in referenda, popular campaigns, and have essentially made the governing authority, that is the Prime Minister, exceedingly dominant vis-a-vis Parliament, which can’t really act in any sort of effective way on separatism given its population-based nature.
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Under the patched and darned 1978 Russian charter, the president had no right to call referenda or impose undefined “special” regimes.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Under the patched and darned 1978 Russian charter, the president had no right to call referenda or impose undefined “special” regimes.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Under the patched and darned 1978 Russian charter, the president had no right to call referenda or impose undefined “special” regimes.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Under the patched and darned 1978 Russian charter, the president had no right to call referenda or impose undefined “special” regimes.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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