0 a general vote made by the people of a country etc for or against a particular government proposal etc -- folkeavstemning
The government has decided to hold a referendum on the issue.
All four of these referendums successfully generated an antinuclear majority, as activists predicted.
One of them was to hold a referendum on the fourth nuclear power plant, which has been an important movement claim since late 1980s.
A constitutional assembly and referendum were, according to the government, appropriate in a transition from a dictatorial or one-party regime.
Making the central bank independent should not be a significant obstacle if a referendum can be won.
Still, not knowing how to vote in a referendum presupposes that one does not have an unequivocal opinion about the issue at stake.
In the hypothetical survey referendum in each location between 70 to 89 per cent voted for paying $20 annually to support global warming prevention.
While the referendum is supposed to have braking effects and a tendency to reinforce the status quo, constitutional (popular) initiatives imply important indirect innovation effects.
Up until 1945, the optional referendum represented an efficient veto point for groups opposing the welfare state to dilute state-interventionist social policies.
