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** Corsica voters reject a referendum for increased autonomy from France by a very narrow margin.
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** and Corsica
** Luftwaffe Dornier Do 217 bombers sink the Italian battleship Roma west of Corsica with two Fritz X radio-controlled glide bombs as she steams to surrender to the Allies ; 1, 253 of the 1, 849 aboard are lost.
** The Casabianca, the famous submarine which joined the Free French Forces during the Second World War, notably liberating Corsica.
** the Casabianca, the famous submarine which joined the Free French Forces during the Second World War, notably liberating Corsica.
** and voters
** In a national referendum related to abortion, voters in Ireland reject the proposed Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1992 ( Ireland ) but approve the Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland and the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland.
** The organization Citizens for Civil Discourse has lobbied Congress to close this loophole by developing a National Political Do Not Call Registry where voters can register their phone numbers and ask politicians to take the " Do Not Contact Pledge ".
** By a margin of two to one, voters in Tacoma, Washington reject a ballot initiative which would have reinstated a gay civil rights law repealed by voters in November 1989.
** Binding referendum, initiative and recall powers for state voters and non-binding national referendums.
** Liberals: Martin tells voters not to vote for the NDP, because a vote for the NDP is a vote for Harper.
** The newly formed Nee Soon GRC which will take in voters from Nee Soon East and Nee Soon Central single divisions and parts of Sembawang and Ang Mo Kio GRCs.
** and reject
** The Western Allies flatly reject any offer of surrender by Germany other than unconditional on all fronts.
** Voters in Seattle, Washington reject Initiative 35, which would have repealed an ordinance granting domestic partnership rights for medical leave and bereavement leave.
** the belief that the ideology is in some way natural or obvious, so that ( at least for certain groups of people ) those who reject it are in some way " blind "
** The United States House of Representatives reject a Republican resolution offered by Duncan Hunter ( R-California ) " expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the deployment of United States forces in Iraq be terminated immediately " by a vote of 403-3.
** and referendum
** Eritreans vote overwhelmingly for independence from Ethiopia in a United Nations-monitored referendum.
** Eritrea: Eritrean independence was declared as a result of a referendum held with UN verification.
** In a status referendum, Puerto Rico residents vote with a slim margin to maintain Commonwealth status.
** In a referendum the people of the Irish Free State accept the new Constitution by 685, 105 votes to 527, 945.
** In a national referendum, the people of the Soviet Union vote in favor of keeping the 15 Soviet republics together, with the pro-unity position gaining 77 % of the vote.
** The French National Assembly censures the proposed referendum to sanction presidential elections by popular mandate ; Prime Minister Georges Pompidou resigns, but President de Gaulle asks him to stay in office.
** The Australian referendum, 1967 passes with an overwhelming 90 % support, removing, from the Australian Constitution, 2 discriminatory sentences referring to Indigenous Australians.
** In a referendum, 90 % of the German population approves of Hitler's assumption of presidential powers as Führer and Reichskanzler.
** The idea made progress coming near the 2007 race, once the referendum on a European constitution was over.
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