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Moldovans vote for a president and also vote in a referendum that would amend the constitution to include a commitment for Moldova to join the European Union.
2024-10-20

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki announces a referendum on the acceptance of "thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa" as part of a European Union relocation plan.
2023-08-14

Citizens of the Central African Republic vote in a referendum that could remove the presidential term limit.
2023-07-30

Ecuadorians head to the polls for a non-binding referendum on a constitutional reform.
2023-02-5

Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister, announces during a parliamentary debate session that an independence referendum bill will be tabled in the Scottish Parliament. The bill sets the date for the break-up vote at October 19, 2023. Sturgeon will try to bypass Prime Minister Boris Johnson's unlikely permission to conduct the referendum by referring the bill to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
2022-06-28

The city of Geneva, Switzerland, sets its minimum wage to CHF23 (US$25) per hour per the results of a September referendum, becoming the highest in the world.
2020-11-1

A constituent assembly will be elected in April 2021 after 79% of the voters in the referendum chose this option to write the new Constitution.
2020-10-26

A referendum to start the process to draft a new constitution is held in Chile. The referendum was one of the announcements made after the 2019–20 Chilean protests. Over 78% vote in favour of abandoning the 1980 Constitution.
2020-10-25

Amid growing disillusionment with Puerto Rico's territorial status, Governor Wanda Vázquez Garced announces a referendum in November to decide whether Puerto Rico should be made a U.S. state.
2020-05-16

Voters in Switzerland approve a referendum that makes it easier for third-generation immigrants to become citizens.
2017-02-12