Sentence examples for close referendums from inspiring English sources

The experience of the Scottish referendum ought to teach us that close referendums become neverendums.

Or, put another way, enough votes to change the outcome of a close referendum.

The intensity of the debate is likely to increase as opinions polls point to a close referendum.

In a close referendum vote, Switzerland decided to abandon decades of isolationism in favor of joining the United Nations.

The Liberal Democrat Sharon Bowles said a rerun of a close referendum was unlikely to be acceptable to the public "without clear evidence for it".

It was very, very long-running and in the end it was a very, very close referendum," said Jens Kerstan, head of the Green party in Hamburg.

Electoral college math suggests Trump will have a harder time winning the White House than "Leave" voters had winning a close referendum.

Twenty-five yeago ago, we wanted to leave Canada – it was a close referendum but now we don't feel it," says one of our guides.

"In view of the close referendum result and the far-reaching implications of the constitutional amendments, we also call on the Turkish authorities to seek the broadest possible national consensus in their implementation," the commission said.

Divorce, for instance, was flat-out illegal until 1995 -- when a very close referendum changed the law.

Late Sunday, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan claimed victory in a close referendum that will likely grant him sweeping new powers; critics say this will inch the country closer to authoritarianism while supporters argue it will make the executive branch more efficient.