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International
6/8/2025 5:29:07 PM
Italians vote over two days starting Sunday on referendums that would make it easier for children born in Italy to foreign parents to obtain citizenship, and on providing more job protections. But apparent low public awareness risks rendering the vote invalid if turnout is not high enough.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
12/10/2024 2:56:09 PM
Yale University students have overwhelmingly supported a referendum calling for the institution to divest from companies involved in the production of military weapons, including those supplying arms to Israel.
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World
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Africa
11/16/2024 12:16:16 PM
Gabon on Saturday held a referendum on a new constitution that the ruling junta calls a "major turning point" after a coup ended 55 years of rule by the Bongo dynasty in the oil-rich nation.
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World
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War in Ukraine
10/20/2024 1:49:56 PM
Moldovans voted on Sunday in a presidential election and a referendum on joining the European Union, with fears of Russian meddling amid the war in neighbouring Ukraine.
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World
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International
9/21/2024 6:33:17 PM
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka voted for its next president Saturday in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis.
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World
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International
9/8/2024 7:46:05 PM
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Sunday urged President Emmanuel Macron to hold a referendum on key issues such as immigration, suggesting that giving the French a direct vote might help break the political deadlock.
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World
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International
6/1/2024 6:53:00 PM
India’s 6 -week-long national election came to an end Saturday with most exit polls projecting Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to extend his decade in power with a third consecutive term.
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World
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International
5/22/2024 9:00:38 PM
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Wednesday set a general election date for July 4, ending months of speculation but not doom-laden forecasts about the size of the government's expected defeat.
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World
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International
4/20/2024 3:02:57 PM
Millions of Indians began voting in a six-week election that's a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country's leader.
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World
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International
4/19/2024 12:24:48 PM
Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that's a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country's leader.
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World
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Africa
12/24/2023 10:02:50 PM
Chad's new constitution was approved by 86 percent of voters in a referendum held a week ago, the African country's electoral commission said Sunday, but opposition leaders challenged the figures.
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World
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Africa
12/17/2023 5:28:04 PM
Polls opened in Chad on Sunday for a referendum on a new constitution, a vote seen as a key step toward elections and the return of civilian rule promised, but postponed, by the ruling military junta.
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World
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International
9/30/2023 12:12:37 PM
Maldivians were voting Saturday in the runoff presidential election which has turned into a virtual referendum on which regional power — India or China — will have the biggest influence in the Indian Ocean archipelago nation.
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World
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International
9/23/2023 7:29:31 PM
Hundreds of people waving European Union flags on Saturday rallied in central London calling for Britain to rejoin the bloc.
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World
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International
9/9/2023 11:25:27 AM
Voting started in the Maldives presidential election Saturday, a virtual referendum over which regional power — India or China — will have the biggest influence in the Indian Ocean archipelago state.
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World
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International
9/1/2023 3:37:19 PM
Kazakhstan's leader on Friday called for a referendum on the construction of a nuclear power plant in the Central Asian country marked by the legacy of devastating Soviet nuclear tests.
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World
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International
8/23/2023 5:38:22 PM
French President Emmanuel Macron told his government Wednesday he was considering referendums to pass legislation and break the political deadlock caused by the country's hung parliament, several sources told AFP.
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World
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Region
8/13/2023 11:02:24 AM
Poland’s ruling party wants to ask voters in a referendum whether they support accepting “thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa” as part of a European Union relocation plan, the prime minister said Sunday, as his conservative party seeks to stave off a challenge from the political opposition.
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World
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Africa
7/30/2023 2:02:04 PM
The Central African Republic began voting on Sunday in a referendum on a new constitution that would allow President Faustin-Archange Touadera to seek a third term in a country which has endured several coups.
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World
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International
7/8/2023 1:49:55 PM
Voters across Uzbekistan are preparing to exercise their democratic rights by heading to the polls Sunday in the early presidential elections, called by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev following the adoption of the new constitution through a referendum in May.
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