Sentence examples for challenge to the referendum from inspiring English sources

Can't there be a legal challenge to the referendum result?

One of the grounds of a likely challenge to the referendum is that it is merely advisory and the royal prerogative cannot be used to undermine parliamentary statute.

But threatening a legal challenge to the referendum, in the eyes of Scots, is belittling their own parliament and ignoring the historic election result that gave the SNP an overall majority.

The Eurosceptic Tory MEP Daniel Hannan said: "I support this challenge for all sides to push for a high-participation referendum.

The state Board of Canvassers recently deadlocked along party lines over a challenge to the font size of the referendum petition.

The latest challenge to the prime minister's EU referendum came after Labour, Liberal Democrat and a sizeable proportion of crossbench peers voted in favour of following the example of the Scottish referendum, in which 16- and 17-year-olds were given the vote, by 293 to 211 votes.

The referendum poses the biggest challenge to the Euro since its adoption in 1999.

Greeks have begun voting in a referendum that presents the biggest challenge to the euro since its adoption, and risks sending shockwaves through the world's financial markets.

Investors around the world held their breath on Saturday as 10 million Greeks prepared to vote in a referendum that presents the biggest challenge to the euro since its adoption.

Salmond's opponents believe the pro-UK parties have strong legal grounds to challenge the referendum because the Scottish parliament does not have the authority to stage it.

How best to make their numbers count in a way that does not appear to challenge the referendum result?