Sentence examples for postal referendum from inspiring English sources

Strathclyde Council ran a postal referendum in 1994 in which 97% of those voting rejected selling off what one MP called "God's water".

Classification Crisis control No sex please, we're Scottish Ask a silly question Megaphone politics ReprintsOn May 30th, he announced that 32% of Scottish voters had taken part in a postal referendum he and some other rich Scots had paid for.

The 12 people on the panel – none of whom is a designer – will now whittle them down to the four that "best represent New Zealand", which the public will rank in a binding postal referendum later this year.

The New Zealand public will now rank these four designs in order of preference in a binding postal referendum to be held between 20 November 20 and 11 December.

He argued that, because the sale of state assets was signalled in the National Party's 2011 election manifesto, New Zealanders had already voted on the issue and that the referendum was a waste of time and money.The preliminary result of the postal referendum will be announced on December 13th.

Of the 35 local authorities which have expressed interest in principle, the one closest to doing anything is Edinburgh, which this week started a postal referendum on introducing a two-tier scheme covering both commuters into the city and traffic in its historic centre.

The ERS's commercial subsidiary Electoral Reform Services Ltd ERSLL) is printing the postal ballots for the referendum.

Some 71% of those who have decided backed the Salmond compared with 29% who backed Darling, giving the yes campaign a crucial lift just as about 750,000 postal votes for the referendum are due to be sent out on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Glastonbury ticket-holders were encouraged to register for a postal vote in the EU referendum, which takes place during the festival.

"We are aware that a small number of non-eligible EU citizens had mistakenly received poll cards and, in some instances, postal votes for the EU referendum," a spokesman said.

There are amendments on allowing British expats in EU countries to vote, on votes for 16-year-olds, an on making the referendum an all-postal ballot.