Judge asked to cancel referendum in slave ... - Associated Press News
WEB16 hours ago · DARIEN, Ga. (AP) — Elected commissioners of a Georgia county who rolled back development restrictions protecting one of the South’s last Gullah-Geechee communities of Black slave descendants asked a judge Friday to stop an Oct. 1 referendum that gives voters a chance to overturn those changes.
Wisconsin voters reject referendums on power to spend federal …
WEBAug 14, 2024 · Wisconsin voters Tuesday voted down two referendum questions that sought to give the state legislators more power over distributing federal funding, a move that could have upended how billions of...
Power to the people? Only half have the right ... - Associated Press News
WEBOct 27, 2023 · From the initiative’s origins through last year, petitioners in 24 states placed 2,683 proposed laws and constitutional amendments on the ballot, winning voter approval for 42% of them, according to data from the Initiative and Referendum Institute. The success rate has been greater recently.
The brutal truth of the referendum result was that Yes campaign …
WEBOct 15, 2023 · Australia has voted no in the referendum, but the vote hasn't been uniform across states and cities. A small number of electorates, mainly in inner cities, are projected to have voted yes.
Australians vote No in referendum that promised change for First ... - CNN
WEBOct 14, 2023 · With a two-letter word, Australians struck down the first attempt at constitutional change in 24 years, a move experts say will inflict lasting damage on First Nations people and suspend any hopes...
The Voice: Australians vote No in historic referendum - BBC
WEBOct 14, 2023 · Australia has overwhelmingly rejected a plan to give greater political rights to Indigenous people in a referendum. All six states voted No to a proposal to amend the constitution to recognise...
Voice referendum updates: Nation votes No to Voice to …
WEBOct 14, 2023 · A No vote is recorded nationally and in all six states as the Voice to Parliament proposal is defeated in Australia's first referendum this century. Look back on all the results in our blog.
Australia rejects Indigenous referendum in setback for reconciliation
WEBOct 13, 2023 · Australia on Saturday decisively rejected a proposal to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution, in a major setback to the country's efforts for reconciliation with its First Peoples.
Indigenous Voice to Parliament Referendum - ABC News
WEBIndigenous leaders meet in WA's north to discuss the way forward on closing the gap in the wake of the failed Voice to Parliament referendum.
As it happened: Referendum overwhelmingly rejected
WEBOct 14, 2023 · The Voice referendum has been resoundingly defeated, with all six states on track for a No majority and the national vote also rejecting the proposal. It appears the ACT will be the only ...