Sentence examples for a ballot referendum from inspiring English sources

But same-sex marriage has never won a ballot referendum.

2011 A ballot referendum to finance a new arena next door to Nassau Coliseum is defeated.

Until Tuesday, no state had ever legalized same-sex marriage through a ballot referendum.

Same-sex marriage has never won a ballot referendum, but that may soon change.

But this November Oregon's voters passed a ballot referendum, known as Measure 37, that rolled back many of those protections.

New Jersey may also have a ballot referendum on whether to legalise same-sex marriage in the state.

Wales soon became president of Washington CeaseFire, and in 1997 he led a campaign in favor of a statewide ballot referendum on a proposal to require gun owners to use trigger locks.

There, a statewide ballot referendum on vouchers has drawn attention to a philosophical disagreement between Mr. Bush, who supports vouchers, and Michigan's Republican governor, John Engler, who opposes them.

CORRECTION: A previous version of this story indicated that a Seattle ballot referendum mandated the city's revenues cannot grow more than 1percentt per year without explicit approval from voters.

In the Siegelman case, Alabama's leading Democrat was convicted in 2006 of re-appointing an industry executive to a state advisory board in return for $500,000 spent for a state ballot referendum campaign for more school spending.

A statewide ballot referendum, on whether to abolish Connecticut's system of county sheriffs, was approved.