"You don't proceed by permanent referenda," Safran's McInnes told Reuters.
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Any deal must pass separate simultaneous referenda in both communities.
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"Let alone through the selective disclosures of elite shareholder referenda."
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States where legalization occurred through popular referenda had a big policy
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I would think you would want as many referenda as possible.
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We'll spend close to $10 million on ballot referenda this year.
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California, Massachusetts, Nevada, and Maine all passed referenda legalizing recreational use.
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In European countries, abortion was generally legalised via legislation, sometimes after referenda.
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In the last few years, referenda have profoundly disrupted and altered Europe.
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Puerto Rico has held several referenda on statehood, with public opinion split.
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DIRECT DEMOCRACY * Hold referenda on big issues, including whether Ukraine should join NATO.
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"We don't have a lot of big referenda in the U.K.," Shaddick explained.
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Since 226 they have been trying to build a consensus by holding referenda.
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Last year, a record 47 communities passed similar referenda; no communities voted it down.
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There have also been several unrecognized and unofficial referenda on independence in recent years.
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Since 1972, a total of 54 referenda have taken place on issues of European integration.
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Then there's the fact that midterm elections often function as referenda on the sitting president.
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Multiple calls and emails to the Parliamentary Registry, which oversees elections and referenda, were not returned.
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Quibbles over decisions big and small -- doors, windows, foundation -- became symbolic referenda on their relationship, she said.
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"Major parties' governing agendas aren't set by their rank-and-file voters in popular referenda," he wrote.
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In short, the election could then be two separate referenda — one on Trump, and one on conservative policies.
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Squelching a measure in California can sometimes constrain similar initiatives or referenda in other states down the line.
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About two-thirds of the initiatives, propositions, referenda and questions on the ballot, 107 out of 155, passed.
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The working name for the app is Referenda, and they plan to go live by the third quarter.
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The effort includes an attorney and political operatives experienced in "signature-based local referenda," she said in an email.
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QV is a general idea, and it can be applied to elections of representatives as well as to referenda.
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By definition, these referenda forced voters to consider the details of, and costs for, each project to be financed.
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The idea of governing through popular referenda or the populace generally was quite strongly rejected by our founding fathers.
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Midterm elections are often seen as referenda on whoever occupies the Oval Office, and this year is no exception.
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"Other countries in the E.U. may want to have their own referenda, and the E.U. is wildly unpopular," Haass said.
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Minorities will still lose referenda, but only when they are relatively small in terms of both preference intensity and numerousness.
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"Referenda on topics of national importance will become as routine as reading the papers or the evening news," he wrote.
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Currently, 6900 states and the District of Columbia, through referenda or legislation, have approved some form of legal cannabis use.
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Even the fill you've seen before is a joy — SIDE BET, ROLODEX, RUNNERS' HIGH, PODCAST, JOSHING, REFERENDA and HIT HOME.
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When the issue came up again in 2011, it spent another $300,000, but the referenda passed, and Longmont built its network.
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Unused credits remain in the budget for use in future referenda; the proposal wins if it earns a majority of votes.
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If it were constitutional in America to distill Trump's platform into a series of referenda, some of it would probably pass.
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Under the terms of that deal, in the event of a no vote two further referenda can be held before 2022.
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A buildup in the Baltics; what the GOP plans to do with its likely retention of the House of Representatives; ballot referenda!
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IAN BREMMER: I certainly believe that other countries would look into having their own referenda; that that political process would gather steam.
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But three of the five counties originally set to join the transit system -- Cobb, Gwinnett, and Clayton -- backed out via local referenda.
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The hang-up is whether NDOs need voter approval via plebiscites — that is, referendums or referenda — as a check on local authorities.
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Zeman, after taking jabs at journalists, backed Okamura's calls to use more referenda, despite in the past speaking sharply against direct votes.
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A number of states allow for citizen-initiated referenda and many permit public votes on legislatively-initiated state constitutional amendments and statutes.
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I like to think of myself as a small-d democrat, but this is why responsible countries rely on representative institutions, not referenda.
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National referenda have not been kind to the EU. In 2005, both France and the Netherlands voted to reject the proposed European constitution.
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In fact, an organization advocating "liquid democracy" has proposed exactly that … continuous online referenda to compare representatives' voting records to their constituents' will.
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States were running referenda banning us from teaching or equal rights, and the Republican Party was calling us perverts and degenerates on national television.
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He has made both inroads and enemies through this initiative, which has manifested in a variety of cultural referenda like the upcoming restitution report.
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Referenda are now the favored media of the populist parties everywhere, since they believe they can ride and guide the tigers of popular revolt.
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In addition to the presidential results, the site will also include results on the congressional, gubernatorial, senatorial, and state-level referenda and ballot propositions.
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Paradoxically, it is costly to hold these referenda, with the cost of the referendum in Veneto itself controversial at an estimated 14 million euros.
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These referenda further challenge the established order in Europe and risk disrupting the precarious authority most states have over their wealthiest, most independent regions.
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More than 25 states have increased transportation investment since 2013, and 70 percent of the local infrastructure referenda on the ballots this year passed.
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Gibraltarians have voted overwhelmingly in two referenda against any form of Spanish sovereignty, including a proposal for shared sovereignty of the peninsula in 2002.
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This is one of the problems with referenda; reducing a complex issue to a Yes/No vote leaves lots of room to interpret the result.
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The provincial party that triggered both referenda was the Parti Quebecois, which got hammered in last year's provincial election by the nationalist Coalition Avenir Quebec.
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Hirshberg is a main funder and frontman for the pro-labeling movement, helping sponsor other GMO-labeling referenda in California, Oregon and Colorado (all failed).
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The problem is that the clear majority of Puerto Rican voters have consistently rejected the idea of statehood in five referenda held on the matter.
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Hill and Kish agreed, for instance, that all politicians should have firm term limits and that there should be more direct democratic controls and referenda.
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When cities pass laws that Uber opposes, the company commonly seeks to have them preempted with Uber-approved state law or repealed through voter referenda.
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People could be allowed to use their budget of voice credits to vote for both national and local candidates, as well as for any local referenda.
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"The [fear] is that the UK exit will encourage a lot of other rejectionist forces to call for national referenda for exiting the EU," Drezner says.
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SEATTLE Seven races for city council seats across one of the most liberal cities in America have become referenda on Amazon and its growing political power.
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But besides convicted felons who have served their time getting the right to vote in Florida, there are a few other voting rights referenda worth noting.
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Since the pioneering work of one of my teachers, Edward Tufte, in the mid-28500s, political scientists have seen midterm elections importantly as referenda on presidents.
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An alternative path: Charles de Gaulle circumvented the constitutional procedures surrounding referenda in 1962 when he took the question of a direct presidential vote to the people.
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If it wins, it will hold referenda to approve government policies and push for bills to be presented to parliament if 2 percent of voters back it.
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Washington (CNN)With 28 House races, 22020 governor races and 22021 Senate races -- not to mention all the ballot initiatives and referenda -- it's impossible to watch everything.
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There was sympathy from the Germans, the Italians, and the French, as well as rallying cries from those countries' own nationalists calling for further referenda across the continent.
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"Court precedents forbid public colleges from distributing student activity fees by referenda," the letter says, citing from a 1999 ruling on a similar case at the University of Wisconsin.
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The resilience against a more integrated European Union that we saw displayed in 2005 in the French and Dutch referenda on a shared constitution has today turned into resentment.
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DPA is primarily focused on campaigns and initiatives that can help end the drug war, like organizing state-level marijuana ballot referenda or issuing reports in relevant policy areas.
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New Zealand also went through a similar process in reforming its electoral system (moving from first-past-the-post to a form of proportional voting) through two public referenda.
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Some regions are trying to lure voters by organizing local referenda on polling day, such as one in the Volgograd region asking voters whether they want to change time zones.
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It's theoretically even possible that two referenda would need to be held — one on changing the constitution to allow for the euro membership referendum, and one on euro membership itself.
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In this past year, referenda in two large European states that have little tradition of holding them, the United Kingdom and Italy, have spurned political choices recommended by the two governments.
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Web users who search for a query like "who's on my ballot," will now be presented with detailed information about the candidates, as well as information on your own state's referenda.
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The islands came closest to independence than ever before Sunday, with 270% of voters choosing to remain part of France in the first of three possible referenda on the territory's future.
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There are 22 House seats, 20213 Senate races, 22021 governorships, 22018,22021 or so state legislative seats, dozens of referenda, and many more state and local offices on the ballot this November.
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Texas decision, multiple pronouncements by President Bush about the institution of marriage and marriage-related amendments to the federal Constitution, and civil rights litigation and referenda at the state and circuit levels.
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Instead, the company is taking a narrow view, requiring registration for ads "that reference political figures, political parties, elections, legislation before Parliament and past referenda that are the subject of national debate".
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Web searchers who query for "election results" will be able to view detailed information on the Presidential, Senatorial, Congressional, Gubernatorial races as well as state-level referenda and ballot propositions, says Google.
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Although we will still block content based on standards and local laws, our hope is that this system of personal controls and democratic referenda should minimize restrictions on what we can share.
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For example, in California, 20 counties have approved referenda (which must pass by a two-thirds vote) enacting long term or permanent sales taxes dedicated to specific lists of transportation capital projects.
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But instead of voting on initiatives and referenda at the ballot box on Election Day, they are asked to show up to regular town meetings where issues are discussed and votes are taken.
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With elections and referenda reflecting feelings of nativist outrage throughout the world, it is crucial to ensure that we all make room for pressing dialogues, be they about local injustices or global concerns.
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Not every city is going to become its own internet service provider—the law requires cities to hold referenda even if they plan on partnering with companies on public-private fiber network initiatives.
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The influx of migrants has fueled populist, anti-immigrant parties like the National Front in France and Freedom Party in Austria, which have cheered the Brexit vote and called for referenda across Europe.
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Those countries relying routinely on plebiscites for policy decisions are few - as in Switzerland, where the results of referenda do confirm an aversion to immigration, even where that is posed as economically advantageous.
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When users search for "election results" on Tuesday, Google will show a box displaying presidential, senatorial, congressional and gubernatorial races in addition to state-level referenda and ballot propositions above their search results.
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Di Maio said that before holding a referendum on the euro, parliament would have to approve a special law revising the constitution, which currently rules out referenda on matters governed by international treaties.
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In Bougainville this year, over 98 percent voted to seperate from Papua New Guinea, and in 2020, the Micronesian island of Chuuk and the French territory New Caledonia will also hold independence referenda.
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Five reasons Europe would miss the UK 'Do no harm' The perils of external involvement in referenda on EU issues is a lesson European political elites have learned the hard way in recent decades.
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The first is that the UK exit will encourage a lot of other rejectionist forces to call for national referenda for exiting the EU. In that case, God knows what the hell happens in Europe.
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But a variety of systems — whether slates of national referenda on contentious issues or greater empowerment of politicians directly elected via QV with credits — could all ensure fair representation of minorities without excessive judicial intervention.
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He thought the rights of citizens should not become subservient to international bodies like the European Union, and he respected that populist parties like Lega often called for referenda in the name of self-determination.
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It was not so long ago that President George W. Bush won a presidential election thanks to a series of anti–gay marriage referenda put on the ballot by GOP legislatures in states like Ohio.
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The final nail in its coffin was the announcement that for the first time in its history the ACLU would become involved in partisan electoral politics, supporting candidates, referenda and other agenda-driven political goals.
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This strategy is an expensive, complex proposition, since such referenda often must be approved by 60 percent of the state electorate, and even the process of getting them on the ballot can be enormously tricky.
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The final nail in its coffin was the announcement that, for the first time in its history, the ACLU would become involved in partisan electoral politics, supporting candidates, referenda and other agenda-driven political goals.
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And the Middle East will be interested in Barzani's feelings about "me too" independence referenda by Christians, Turkmen, and Yazidis living in traditional Kurdistan or the areas the Kurds are claiming near oil-rich Kirkuk.
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"In referenda, what normally happens is in the last few days there is a swing back to the status quo," James Morris, partner and director of the European office at Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, told CNBC Monday.
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While congressional representation and a few votes in the Electoral College aren't a panacea to the scars of colonialism and racism, the island's residents have indicated in referenda that they would prefer it to the status quo.
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He was aware that Karl Rove, President Bush's chief strategic adviser, had been working with Republicans to make sure that anti-gay initiatives and referenda would appear on November ballots in 2004 and 2006 to help Republicans.
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If they care little about the park, they will want to conserve their voice credits for future referenda where their interests are at stake — for example, whether the town should install bike lanes, or fund accommodations for refugees.
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The session took place in light of revelations about the misuse of European citizens' data following the Cambridge Analytica scandal, amid allegations of widespread election and referenda interference and allegations of non-compliance with EU data security legislation.
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But only about half the states allow citizen-initiated statewide referenda, and another threat looms: Four Supreme Court justices, including Chief Justice John Roberts, suggested in a 2015 case from Arizona that independent commissions themselves might be unconstitutional.
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Millions of individuals and families covered through the ACA's Medicaid expansions would lose coverage — even in states that have recently passed referenda to expand coverage — but other Medicaid beneficiaries would lose benefits conferred by the ACA as well.
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Veneto and Lombardy could negotiate to have autonomous rule like these five regions, but if the issues driving these referenda are not addressed, this could be the opening act of a larger independence movement brewing in northern Italy.
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Voting is one of the few chances you get to shape public policy back — to elect legislators and pass referenda that not only reflect your values, but that will influence who gets to participate in democracy going forward.
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And although its report did not explicitly identify Brexit as having been a definitive target for Russian meddling, it did raise concerns around Russia's invigorated cyber activities and warn that elections and referenda could be targets for disinformation attacks.
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Observers also criticized the proposed reforms for being too complex for a referendum vote, flouting standards of good practice for referenda: Eighteen proposed amendments affected 72 articles of the constitution, and voters were asked for a simple yes or no vote.
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In the UK, the new requirement on political advertisers applies to "all advertisers wanting to run ads in the UK that reference political figures, political parties, elections, legislation before Parliament and past referenda that are the subject of national debate", Facebook said.
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Missouri, Michigan and Colorado approved referenda delegating the drawing of legislative districts to non-partisan commissions, and voters in Florida met the 60% threshold to pass an initiative that restored the right to vote for felons who have completed their prison sentences.
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It's possible that the actual inhabitants of Puerto Rico and the USVI wouldn't go for it (the state of DC opinion is a lot clearer), but there's no earthly reason Democrats shouldn't pursue fair referenda and quick statehood for these Americans territories.
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Gibraltar is a tiny British Overseas Territory at the southern tip of Spain so it no doubt values a relationship with Europe — it voted 96% to remain in the European Union — but it also overwhelmingly chose British sovereignty in referenda in 1967 and 2002.
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Facebook has announced it rolled out a system of checks on political ads run on its platform in the UK which requires advertisers to verify their identity and location to try to make it harder for foreign actors to meddle in domestic elections and referenda.
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Under the terms of a 1998 peace deal in Northern Ireland, known as the Good Friday Agreement, separate referenda in favor of a united Ireland are required both north and then south of the border for the century-old territorial partition to be reconsidered.
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"I can see people gaming this kind of system — in the way that all kinds of online polls and referenda are gamed, somebody will work out the way to get the systems set the way they want… There are all kinds of possibilities," argues Bernal.
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"With many referenda and proposed laws that we see, there's not a strong consideration given to what people will experience when they no longer have daylight saving in the summer," Michael Downing, author of Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time, told me.
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The move to hold a vote which was ultimately rejected spawned criticism of the then-President Jacques Chirac in much the same way it did for former British Prime Minister David Cameron and former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who both backed failed referenda.
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Although the party is controversial in other parts of Italy, due to its overly nationalistic and blatantly anti-immigrant policies, Veneto and Lombardy have nevertheless elected the Northern League to power in local elections, which has paved the way for the upcoming referenda on autonomy.
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That was worth remembering as they complained about him spending more than $100 million to run for president, on a platform of "making change happen" by capping congressional terms, allowing voters to pass laws in national referenda and otherwise governing as an Obama-style liberal.
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Most were called by national governments to legitimize EU accession or treaty reform, but in recent years there has been an increase in the use of referenda as a tool against the EU, such as the Dutch referendum to reject the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement in April.
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So Russia has obviously financed some of those parties, they have interfered to our democratic processes, for instance referenda or national elections in order to weaken the EU, in order to create division between the people inside the country," he said, describing this issue as "very dangerous.
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If the new governor does not prevail on Medicaid expansion this year, he may have better chance after next year's polls, when all 100 House seats and 40 Senate seats are up for election—especially if they become mini-referenda on Mr Trump that Republicans cannot win.
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But in order to achieve this, to say nothing of having the ballot referenda eventually pass, a major educational campaign explaining RCV would have to be undertaken to get activists involved and to convince the public that it would be a better system than our current one.
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"Now the President has the unenviable task of ... explaining what Europeans are now coining the 'Trump effect,'" Conley went on, noting the heavy slate of elections and referenda across Europe in the coming year that liberal leaders worry now tilt toward nationalist views in the wake of Trump's victory.
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Egged on by populism, referenda and general elections are used as means to political ends, revealing the predicament faced by Western democracy and demonstrating that Western democracy that was supposed to be the "end of history" is, at the very least, not the only choice for the development of political civilization.
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Daniel Nichanian has a great roundup of this year's key referenda, which include Medicaid expansion in three red states, potential restoration of voting rights to felons in Florida, redistricting reform in Michigan, automatic voter registration in Nevada, minimum wage increases in Arkansas and Missouri, and marijuana legalization in Michigan, among others.
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Shares indicated 2.1 percent higher U.S. Food and Drug Administration updates prescribing information for Keytruda (pembrolizumab) & Roche's Tecentriq (atezolizumab) to require use of FDA-approved companion diagnostic test Asian tycoons weigh bids for LafargeHolcim arm valued up to $2 billion - Bloomberg Voters seem ready to approve three issues being put to binding referenda on Sept.
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"I expect tough questions on Zuckerberg with regards to his data protection or non-protection regime on Facebook to explain how it's going to prevent in the future data from simply being misused from third parties, but also how it can make sure there's no interference in national or local decision-making, such as elections or referenda," Ska Keller, co-president of the Greens-European Free Alliance group in the European Parliament, told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on Tuesday.
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By Friday morning, British Prime Minister David Cameron had resigned and far right leaders across Europe were calling for similar referenda on ditching the EU. The lesson for U.S. politics is that polls showing a steady lead for Clinton could underestimate the extent to which voters are fed up with the status quo and are willing to take a risk on a candidate like Trump — whose rhetoric on trade and immigration is very similar to that used by the Leave campaign.
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We have considered two "Brexit Scenarios": one in which a leave vote does not fundamentally change the political balance within Europe, and another (which we call "Exit Contagion") in which a UK leave vote leads quickly to calls from powerful anti-EU parties across Europe for a process of renegotiation with the EU under the threat of referenda, similar to that followed by the UK. Other anti-EU parties may not be the governing parties at present, but they can claim sufficient popular support to destabilise their domestic politics in ways that will upset the markets.
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