Referendums

Democracy march expected to draw thousands (Newstalk ZB)

Newstalk ZB November 21, 2009, 3:17 am Thousands of people are expected to take part in a march in Auckland today, calling on politicians to be more responsive to public opinion. March for Democracy organiser Colin Craig has...

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Evo Morales Favored for Re-election in Bolivia

Movement for Socialism May Sweep December 2009 Bolivian Elections Evo Morales, Bolivia's first fully indigenous president and leader of the Movement for Socialism party, is expected to handily win the December 2009 Bolivian...

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Kantarawaddy Times: Burma’s election: Road map to more military rule

The final piece in the Burmese military regimes, ‘Road Map to Democracy’, is the national elections planned for 2010. As part of their ‘Road Map’, in May 2008, the regime held a national referendum to vote on a draft...

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John Roughan: Decisions better from elected heads

Smackers, whackers, violence victims, life-means-lifers - just about everybody who has initiated a referendum in this country may be in Queen St today to march behind a banner called "democracy".It belongs to an Auckland...

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Uribe's Third Term

Colombia's president can set a democratic example by saying no. A modern, democratic president with a 64% approval rating at the end of his second term has reason to be proud and wonder if he could win again. We refer to...

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Zimbabwe: Consultation Period On Constitution Cut

PUBLIC consultations on the crafting of a new constitution are now expected to start in January, with a referendum pencilled in for September -- cutting by nine months the timeframe for the constitution-making process set out...

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Slovenian govt. in favor of referendum

The Slovenian government has voted in favor of letting the citizens decide in a referendum on a border deal with Croatia. Slovenians will vote to decide whether their parliament should adopt the arbitrage agreement over the...

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Golden Gate Fire District: If three is company, five is a board?

Three or five board members? That question is set to return before Golden Gate Fire District voters during the Nov. 2, 2010 general election. Golden Gate and Big Corkscrew Island are currently the only two independent fire...

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DeKalb executive branch criticized

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution DeKalb County commissioners just put the finishing touches on their new form of government, and they already want to scrap it. The prior chief executive officer, Vernon Jones, chaired the...

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UA reform faces apathy

It might seem that many students care more about Jon and Kate than student government. And that apathy could be a challenge for the upcoming referendum that would establish direct elections for the Undergraduate Assembly’s top...

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