Sentence examples for do a referendum from inspiring English sources

"Reform while so many people are being killed daily?" Mr. Ban asked, adding, "Whatever they do — a referendum, or Parliament elections — is not important in these circumstances".

Doing a referendum canvas you can spend four hours doing one street because you have to explain at every door what the voting systems are".

If it does, a referendum will be held four months later to put the same question to Britons that the Danes answered on Thursday.

"I can't think of a single precedent in American history of doing a referendum of the American armed forces on a policy issue," Mr. Gates told the panel.

GATES: I can't think of a single precedent in America history of doing a referendum of the American Armed Forces on a policy issue.

I think in effect doing a referendum of the members of the Armed Forces on a policy matter is a very dangerous path.

"I do a lot of referendums," he said.

At the bustling Bush headquarters in East Lansing, Del Chenault, the 31-year-old executive director of the Michigan campaign, said, "This has nothing to do with a referendum on George W. Bush".

So-called "Participatory Budgeting" lets all new yorkers vote directly on spending priorities at the polls, just like they do with a referendum.

Does a possible referendum on membership of the EU represent a terrible threat to inward investment in the UK?

He can rig the election, as he did a 2002 referendum on his rule, though this would be more difficult against a pepped-up opposition.