Sentence examples for The referenda from inspiring English sources
noun
A direct popular vote on a proposed law or constitutional amendment. The adposition on is usually used before the related subject of the vote.
"The referenda were lost because there was total public disinterest.
The referenda in particular and war stress in general made these years uniquely turbulent in Australian history.
The Government campaigned vigorously in both the referenda last year for Scottish and Welsh devolution.
If the results of the referenda are positive, the peoples of Europe could regain, at a European level, the sovereignty that was stolen from them by "the markets" a long time ago.
Lord Helseltine, one of the most passionate Conservative exponents of city democracy based on mayors found the referenda two years ago deeply frustrating because the government did not spell out the powers the new mayors would possess.
Lynn H. Archambault, another district board member, said she is also disappointed that fewer than one-third of voters have cast ballots in any of the referenda, and many of the no-shows have been parents of students.
